How do you go about resolving conflict between team members?
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WooCommerce CMO | Formerly Shopify, D2L, BlackBerry • 3y
Escalate. Do not hesitate to escalate. I know this can be uncomfortable, and you don’t want to throw any team members under the bus. Something I learned from one of my...
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YouTube Marketing Lead for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV | Formerly Google Cloud • 1y
Conflict is super normal when it comes to business environments. As a first instinct, it's easy to try to ignore it and see if it will resolve it. But you run the risk t...
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Atlassian Sr. Director: Head of Global Lifecycle Marketing, Teamwork Foundations (Self-serve & High Touch) • 1y
Similar to other answers, I believe resolving conflict begins with listening to both people’s perspectives. Sometimes it’s a simple miscommunication that can be solved by...
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Counterpart Marketing Lead | Formerly Issuu, OpenText, Webroot • 3y
This is a difficult task that needs to be managed with care. Before conflict even begins, from day one as a leader, you should foster a safe space. This way, when conflic...
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Apollo.io Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing | Formerly Shopify • 2y
Here's some actions I might take:Ask the team members if they feel comfortable addressing the conflict themselves first and highly encourage this (after all, we are all a...
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Pipeline360 Chief Marketing Officer | Formerly Demandbase, Thomson Reuters • 2y
The best piece of advice I got here and can confirm through experience is the art of "breaking bread." When conflicts arise, don't sit on it - that doesn't mean you shoul...
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