In the media realm, abundant with potential conflict, opportunities for negotiation abound. It can occur in the context of a formal business relationship. Or conflict may catch you by surprise in the moment when a colleague mentions something that seems offensive, misguided, or just plain wrong to you. There are ways of addressing and becoming operational for both businesses, contractual, and strategic differences as well as day-to-day relational ones.

In the media realm, abundant with potential conflict, opportunities for negotiation abound. It can occur in the context of a formal business relationship. Or conflict may catch you by surprise in the moment when a colleague mentions something that seems offensive, misguided, or just plain wrong to you. There are ways of addressing and becoming operational for both businesses, contractual, and strategic differences as well as day-to-day relational ones.

If you are committed to a better way of dealing with hard conversations, going forward, there are a few major concepts worth considering: the importance of both conflict resilience and of being conflict ready. I’d like to share a bit about both.