Understanding Work Teams and Negotiation and Conflict Management

In a corporation a perfect team is a composition of different individuals with balancing skills and approaches; this is not always the case. So, conflict is a natural thing between team members, and it is the ability to resolve that makes any business successful. And a team leader should be skilled at negotiating with team members and to avoid the conflict.

Actually, any conflict starts when team members with different opinions, interest, and thoughts are not willing to negotiate with each other. So it is always best to understanding work teams and adjusts to some level and seeks to find a way out to the problem more willingly than fighting. 

As you know that, disagreements always lead to un-constructiveness and things never reach any possible decision. It just increases stress and decreases the output. So, every individual no matter you are a leader or not, should try to avoid the conflict on their level and if any conflicts happen then try to find a better solution rather than cross-questioning and augmenting.

Negotiation is a way to end the conflict - Negotiation way to end the conflicts, so it is very important to decide that where you want to end or how much you negotiate before begins the negotiation and conflict management process. Generally, there is three level of negotiation: power, rights, and interest.

Power: Negotiations that depends on power often involve threats and intimidation. Actually, this is not the best way or a long-term strategy and very badly impacts the relationship between parties.  

Rights: As you understand by the words “rights”, this type of negotiation based on contract and mostly leads to legal action, which can be costly and needs lots of time.

Interest:  This is the best way to the negotiation because it is not harmful to both parties and only needs positive good communication and partnership, resulting in win-win situations for everyone.

Be organized to negotiate - Being organized & well -prepared when going for a negotiation will facilitate you to concentrate on the reasons behind conflicts and common interests of both parties, which will lead to an interest-based successful negotiation, in addition to an encouraging, enduring relationship.

Communicate throughout the negotiation course - At here you must keep in mind one thing and that is, negotiation is a process that needs good communication throughout the process. So you need to listen carefully and then ask questions to reach the win-win negotiation level. 

Negotiation is an art which we all have been doing since we are the child, only what we need is, polish this skill through better communication.