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Productive Disagreement

Partners in Excellence

Whether socially, politically, or in our businesses, we struggle with disagreement. But there are a lot of problems with disagreement–or at least our ability to understand and manage disagreements, productively. Disagreement can be very threatening. Disagreement can be very threatening.

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Minimize Disagreement?

Partners in Excellence

Implicitly, the argument focused on minimizing disagreements and differing points of view. First, I don’t believe we understand how to effectively manage disagreement or conflict with an organization. ” Disagreement can never be about the person. Frankly, I think that’s terrible advice.

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3 Ways That a Good Team Leader Overcomes Internal Conflict

SalesFuel

If the manager doesn’t address the root cause of the problem, productivity and engagement suffer. If the arguing team members don’t resolve their disagreements, use your newly acquired skills. Believe in your value and address conflict to restore team productivity. Don't let that tendency stop you from addressing the problem.

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The Customer Is NOT Always Right!

Partners in Excellence

We’ve invested millions in techniques for handling customer objections and disagreements. ” All of this misses key issues around any change initiative—there will be differing points of view, there will be disagreements, there will be misunderstanding. We talk about things like the “soft sell.”

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Sales Is Hard…….

Partners in Excellence

Developers and engineers must meet innovation and product development challenges. They have to create breakthrough products, hitting design, budget and other deadlines. They face disagreement on design choices, features/capability, cost choices. Productive Disagreement Don't Fear Transformation, Fear Irrelevance!

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Combative Conversations….

Partners in Excellence

What would happen if we shift our perspective from an us versus them orientation to a “what can we accomplish together, how can we productively move forward?” I can’t fold to everything they want… ” Collaborative conversations are often filled with disagreements and differing points of view.

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Do You Really Understand Your Customers’ Problems?

Partners in Excellence

We are trained on what our products do. They might improve productivity or efficiency. How do they manage disagreements within the team? We know what our products do. We know their capabilities, features and functions. We may know the “problem” they solve. They might help our customers reduce costs.