Refinement Society

How you handle conflict depends less on YOUR STYLE than on what each situation demands Anytime you bring two or more people together to solve a problem or make a decision - that is, to negotiate - you may well end up with conflict. Conflict is inevitable. Even with the most level-headed or good characteristics, people will engage in conflict. Is conflict bad? Not necessarily. But unmanaged conflict can be harmful to us as individuals and to our organisation. Handled right, however, it can be a good thing. The Chinese symbol for crisis is made up of two characters: danger and opportunity. A poorly handled conflict can be dangerous, relationships may suffer and productivity may decline. If left unmanaged, it can lead to health problems, divert energy, time, and resources from legitimate and important personal and organisational goals, and result in corporate sabotage and financial and emotional problems. But a skillfully handled conflict can be beneficial. It can function as a safety val

This is the week before Christmas and this is going to be the last week of the year, am taking this opportunity to look back at some of the highlights of 2021 as well as trying to capture the energy to take me into 2022. In reflection 2021, and Navigating forward 2022. Are you already setting goals on where you truly want to improve? The goal to always have in mind is to end the year better than you started. In reflection, 2021 is a year that has most of us in many highs and lows personally, business-wise, and socially. Limits to our freedoms, and though at times during lock-down, we can't help feeling completely remote; we're cut off from our usual environment. The escalating of the pandemic and uncertainties took us on a whirlwind of emotions. It is a year of ensuring mental and physical fitness. Isolation and loneliness have become urgent issues during the pandemic. We learned with speed to cope with various essential survival skills and many found solace in the isolation th