Conflict Resolution

Moving from Conflict to Collaboration is a highly interactive workshop that teaches core skills such as active listening, asking open-ended questions, discovering interests and needs, and creative brainstorming. It empowers the participants to build better teams and to use conflict as an opportunity for growth, connection and dialogue.

Are you willing to look inward to dis-solve conflict in your life?  This is the fundamental question and invitation posed by the Dis-Solving Conflict from Within^tm training, a revolutionary, mindfulness-based conflict coaching tool.  The training teaches how to experience conflict differently and how to utilize the Dis-Solving Conflict from Withintm tool to be able to respond to internal and external conflicts with clarity, strength, and ease.       

OEA will maintain confidentiality regarding any issues which may come during informal conflict resolution.  The three exceptions to confidentiality are:  1) a threat of harm to another person that OEA staff reasonably believes may be carried out; 2) any allegation of abuse or neglect of a person under the age of 18; and 3) any allegations of ongoing discrimination which impact terms, privileges, and/or condition of any person's (whether party to informal resolution or not) employment, education, or participation in University's activities.  

While informal resolution can be appropriate and very helpful in many different situations, it is not appropriate in all cases.  Generally, it is not appropriate where there is a history of any kind of physical, sexual, or emotional violence or abuse between the parties.  Please, contact our office to determine if your situation might be appropriate for informal resolution.  

Since informal resolution requires all parties to voluntarily participate in the process, no one, including a supervisor, could make anybody participate in the process.