Conflict Between Colleagues

Conflict between colleagues damages your business even if neither party has raised a grievance.

• Affects individual and team performance
• Distracts from core activities
• Leads to loss of valued staff
• Risks employment tribunal claims
• It spreads to others.  People either feel obliged or enjoy taking sides or they just dislike the atmosphere.

Conflict is rarely hidden, others within the organisation will know about it.  Leaders with their ear to the ground will know about it. However too often dealing with it is avoided because the manager or leader

• Dislikes of confrontation, 
• Believes that conflict is good, either it adds creative tension or competition between colleagues helps motivation "keeps them on their toes".
• Take sides,
• Thinks it's not any of his/her business.
• Believes interference will only make it worse

So they ignore it and hope it will resolve itself one way or another. Well it might but at what cost?

• How long will it take to resolve? 
• What damage will be done? 
• What message is left behind in the organisation?
• What will be the word out on the floor about how you should behave in this company?

 We work with you to identify the root cause of the problem and then we can offer the right intervention to help you resolve it.

If you have two or more people not getting on well or if outright disruptive behaviour has erupted then call us