# conflict
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16:43The Art of Disagreeing WellAl Elliott: You used a lovely phrase then, Tom. Disagree well, I think is what you said. Tell me, in practice, I'm sure you can't give us a specific example maybe from your life, but can you just generally explain what dEP 321 · 23 Jul 2026·interview· 16:43–20:2925:32Talk or type? The psychology of disagreementsAl Elliott: Hmm Leanne Elliott: Interesting. And it crosses cultures. So Goldschmidt, Gailey, and Keith tested underdog support across Israel, Japan, and China. This was in 2018. And all 3 countries, of course, have veryEP 314 · 30 Jun 2026·news roundup· 25:32–38:023:55What Is a Messy Moment and Why Teams Hide from Healthy ConflictSean O'Shea: Yeah. So, the way that we measure this, we've got 2 companies that, that we run to, to explore this. One is Craft Your Culture, which is around leadership development and the role of leaders. We've been doinEP 309 · 11 Jun 2026·interview· 3:55–7:3736:49Workplace Surgery: Calling out a micromanaging colleagueAl Elliott: Interesting. Okay. Thank you very much. That was a good one. I really, really liked that one. Yeah. This is sounding more and more professional by the week Leanne Elliott: Oh, thank you Al Elliott: Okay. So wEP 252 · 25 Nov 2025·workplace surgery· 36:49–42:0743:00How to manage people you really dislikeAl Elliott: How do you manage people you really, really dislike? Isabel Berwick: I really wanted to write about this because I think this is one of the great undertalked about things at work. I think in the rest of our lEP 235 · 25 Sept 2025·interview· 43:00–44:4535:08Creating artificial conflict in interviewsSteve Roest: So you can create instances in interviews where you sort of artificially create some conflict. And you can do it openly by saying things like, well, what would you do if this thing sort of happened? How woulEP 213 · 10 Jul 2025·interview· 35:08–39:1214:01Story 2 — 8 ways to say 'screw you' at workAl Elliott: Well, this is probably applicable to, uh, to a lot of people you just mentioned in that. I saw a post on— it was on Instagram, which is not my usual— Leanne Elliott: Goodness, what were you doing on the InstaEP 204 · 10 Jun 2025·news roundup· 14:01–18:3245:55Workplace Surgery: The HR battlegroundAl Elliott: This is from— is this from Google? I don't think it's from Google. As an HR director, I'm receiving heated emails from both sides, some claiming it's destroying work-life balance, others saying the previous sEP 176 · 4 Mar 2025·workplace surgery· 45:55–51:3726:43When to have the uncomfortable conversationLeanne Elliott: When do we need to maybe sit down more formally and have an uncomfortable conversation? Experts Kathleen Troyer: I think Liz, Liz kind of spoke to it earlier. You know, how disruptive is the, is the situaEP 137 · 17 Oct 2024·panel interview· 26:43–33:1739:58Rumbling: embracing productive conflictLiz Bronson: Kat and I are big fans of Brené Brown, and she talks about rumbling a lot. I'm all for a good rumble. Like, let's call it out and get it on the table fast. And no, and at the key to a good rumble is at the bEP 137 · 17 Oct 2024·panel interview· 39:58–42:0846:02The unique dynamics of family vs. non-family businessesStephen Short: That is really interesting, taking the concept of family businesses to an entirely different level. As we said, Al and I were very small family business. It's just the two of us. And one of the dynamics weEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 46:02–47:5850:39Why family businesses get more loyalty — and more conflictStephen Short: And I think that is the interesting dynamic about working with family. On one hand, you're more likely to get dragged into a heated debate, shall we say, when you're very familiar with somebody. But equallEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 50:39–60:07
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