Resolving interpersonal conflict
Communication skill is one of the most
important skills in our daily life. Everyday, we have to meet and talk to
different people, it is inevitable that interpersonal conflict would happen due
to different personalities, values or personal perspectives. However, there are
ways to avoid such conflict or minimize the effect of it.
Usually a person with high EQ (Emotional Quotient)
would not easily have interpersonal conflict with others. Therefore, one way to
resolve interpersonal conflict is to improve EQ. EQ represents an ability to
validly reason with emotions and to use emotions to enhance thought. Businessmen
and political leaders, they usually have relative high EQ compare to the normal
people. There is a reason for them to be a leader or successful businessman.
With high EQ, they hardly have conflict with other people. There are many ways to improve EQ, and the most crucial one is practicing communication skills.
For example, when Diplomatic officials from different countries have discrepancies on some issues, they would not quarrel
with each other, instead, they would put themselves in the shoes of others and
think twice before presenting their own views in a polite way. Under such
circumstance, although each one holds different stand, the interpersonal
conflict would not likely to happen.
Another way to resolve interpersonal
conflict is being respectful. In China, there is a short phase, “If you want to
be respected from others, you should learn how to respect to the others first.”(想要被别人尊重,就要先学会尊重别人) Each person has their own bottom line. For instance, I am a good temper person,
so I would not easily get angry unless that person do not respect me and really
touch my bottom line.
In conclusion, interpersonal conflict
happens everyday. There is no perfect way to resolve it absolutely, but there
are many ways for people to learn to avoid interpersonal conflict.
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