Dear Friend,
In today's world and heavy usage of internet, it is always recommended to build a team beyond the boundaries.
Team members work in increasingly diverse environments: in terms of age (there are more older workers), gender (there are more women), race (there are more people of color), language (there are more languages spoken), and nationality (there are more immigrants). Beyond these differences, there are also deeper cultural differences that influence the way conflict is approached.
Given that teams are comprised of diverse individuals with unique cultural backgrounds, we need to distill the below for the successful prevention and resolution of conflict.
1. Know Yourself and Your Own Culture
2. Learn others expectations
3. Check Your Assumptions
4. When in Rome . . . ask questions
5. Listen
6. Consider the Platinum Rule
7. All conflict is multi-cultural
One challenge of working in a team environment is that it is essentially multi-cultural. Another is that conflict will arise from time to time. How your team chooses to respond can often be the difference between success and failure. The importance of talking about conflict prevention and resolution issues up front cannot be over-stressed. It will go a long way to the enhanced productivity that is expected from a team that is performing well.
Wish you good luck!!
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Dear Friend,
In today's world and heavy usage of internet, it is always recommended to build a team beyond the boundaries.
Team members work in increasingly diverse environments: in terms of age (there are more older workers), gender (there are more women), race (there are more people of color), language (there are more languages spoken), and nationality (there are more immigrants). Beyond these differences, there are also deeper cultural differences that influence the way conflict
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