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Identify the Overlay Issues in Dispute
Factual and procedural disputes, framing, miscommunication, and escalation are "overlay problems" that make intractable conflicts even harder to resolve.
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Confront Constructively
How to peel away the overlays so you can address the core conflict with an optimal power strategy mix.
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Core And Overlaying Issues
Conflicts are never simple us-versus-them. By sorting out the core and overlaying factors, disputants can come to a much clearer understanding of what needs to be done to transform their conflicts.
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Fundamentals Seminar 5: Conflict Overlay Factors
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How to Stop Fighting: Home
A Seven-Step Interactive Tutorial for People Involved in Relationship Conflicts
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Constructive Framing & Future Visioning
If we can abandon our hyper-polarized, us-vs-them way of thinking about conflict and reframe our differences as shared problems to be solved collaboratively, we can develop a vision for a more attractive future in which we would all like to live.
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Overcoming Hyper-Polarization, Escalation, and the Forces of Disintegration
Polarization and escalation tend to make conflicts increasingly intense. But there are a variety of conflict resolution strategies that can help de-polarize and de-escalate conflicts so that they at least do less damage, and at best, might be resolved.
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Limiting Communication Problems and the Resulting Misunderstandings
People often develop inaccurate (and inflammatory) images of the things that the other side (and, sometimes, their side) is saying and doing. Correcting these misunderstandings can do much to illuminate unrecognized areas of agreement and eliminate unjustified sources of friction.
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Resolving Fact-Based Sources of Conflict
Conflicts are often dramatically intensified by contradictory images of key objectively determinable facts. Limiting these disagreements with fact-finding efforts that are broadly seen as trustworthy can do much to defuse the overall conflict.
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Collaborative Problem Solving/Consensus Building
Collaborative Problem Solving (also called consensus building) is used to settle conflicts that involve many parties and complicated issues. The approach seeks to transform adversarial confrontations into a cooperative search for information and solutions that meet all parties' interests and needs.