GREENSBORO, N.C. — A group of students at Falkener Elementary in Greensboro is learning how to resolve conflict among classmates. The school recently launched a peer mediation program. School ...

As interest in professionalizing conflict resolution gradually increased in the period after World War II, behavioral science professionals began to analyze and categorize ways that individuals ...

Eileen F. Babbitt is Professor of International Conflict Management Practice and Director of the International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy ...

When faced with a problem, it often helps to talk it out with someone. This is a great collaborative strategy for problem-solving. Everyone has a different personality, and everyone sees the world in ...

Relationships become stronger, more enduring, and closer through conflict resolution. Conflict cannot be resolved if anyone feels criticized, blamed, devalued, shamed, or humiliated. Plan on frequent ...

As an American diplomat in India, Guatemala and Ecuador, as well as a Foreign Service Officer negotiating with unions and management within the U.S. State Department, I spent a lifetime learning the ...

On a campus with more than 30,000 people, we encounter different perspectives, behaviors and beliefs with everyone we meet. Sometimes disagreements can happen as we get to know others—it might be with ...

Have you ever watched a disagreement at work spiral out of control? It happens. Conflict is often a part of life — even in professional settings. But what you may not know is that it can actually be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anna Shields, organizational conflict and workplace mediation expert. Conflict resolution has been on the organizational agenda ...

Family-run businesses can be very complex. It's easy for emotions and family dynamics to take over, or for family members to think they can do whatever they want without any consequences -- and that, ...