Conflict is something most of us tend to avoid because we view it as being negative and counter-productive. But what if we're seeing this wrong? Could conflict actually be productive and beneficial for our team? That's the focus of my conversation with organizational psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Liane Davey in this episode of my leadership podcast, “Leadership Biz Cafe”. Liane is the New YorkTimes bestselling author of “You First: Inspire Your Team to GrowUp, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done.” She is also a regularcontributor to the Harvard Business Review and an organizationalpsychology expert for Quartz magazine. As the co-founder of 3COze,she advises on business strategy and executive team effectiveness andhas worked with executives at companies such as Amazon, Walmart,Aviva, TD Bank, 3M, and SONY PlayStation.In this episode, we'll be talking about her book, “The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track”.Over the course of thisepisode, Liane and I discuss:What is “conflictdebt” and why we should be doing our best to avoid amassing thiskind of debt.The threebehaviours we all do that can fuel conflicts instead of addressingthe underlying roots.Why it's importantto understand the difference between conflict aversion and conflictavoidance.Steps you can taketoday to reduce unnecessary workplace conflicts.Tapping into thepower of connection to transform conflict into an opportunity tolearn and understand.So give this episode a listen and if you enjoy it, please do share it with others in our organization or your network so that they might also gain these insights on how to transform conflict from something that harms to something that helps.https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vGNTNww97vLFZK6BbClqo?si=fba455e87f764910Noteworthy Links:Buy Liane's book “The Good Fight” on Amazon (or Amazon.ca for Canadian readers)Visit Liane's company site: 3COzeHow Leaders Create The Right Environment To Resolve Team Conflicts4 Keys To Successfully Resolving Conflicts in the Workplace6 Steps To Strengthen Team Cohesion

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