Conflict Resolution

RISE to the challenge of whistle-blowing!

by Damian Hamill 00:00 - 30th April 2012

I recently read an article which reported a call by Professor David Lewis of Middlesex University, one of the UK’s leading employment law experts, for companies to actively reward and protect whistle-blowers within their organisation. Read on to find out how we at Watt Works can contribute to this...

NLP and State Management in Conflict Resolution

by Damian Hamill 10:30 - 27th January 2012

For the last 24 hours or so I have been suffering from a really dreadful bug. Fever, hacking cough – all the usual stuff. As a result my mood has been vile. Let me tell you a little bit about how that relates to a concept from NLP.

Rabbis, Hitchens and Systems – NLP and Beliefs!

by Damian Hamill 17:21 - 17th January 2012

The other day I presented to the Systems and Cybernetics in Organisations (SCiO) Group at Manchester Business School on the exotically named subject ‘Aligning Intra-personal Systems with Organisational Systems via NLP’. Without going into too much detail of the presentation let me look at one of the analogies I used...

Applying Systems Thinking to the Christmas Season, part 2

by Damian Hamill 13:00 - 23rd December 2011

I talked earlier about a number of categories of ‘rules’ that evolve to govern the self-organising systems that constitute families. Let’s look further at those categories.

Applying Systems Thinking to the Christmas Season

by Damian Hamill

Whilst I hope you personally have a very merry Christmas, it is axiomatic that, for many, Christmas is the exact opposite, with family gatherings creating anger, distress, conflict and upset. Indeed, many telephone counselling services report that for this very reason Christmas is consistently one of their busiest times...

J R Hartley, priming & Conflict Resolution skills

by Damian Hamill 14:00 - 20th December 2011

Today has been a bit of a frustrating day so I intend to reframe it as an interesting inspiration for a blog. If you want to find out how a visit to the GP and a frustrating traipse around multiple pharmacies led to creative inspiration, read on.

Principles for Conflict Resolution

by Damian Hamill 13:21 - 30th November 2011

As I write this blog I am en route to teaching a two day course on Conflict Resolution Skills in Cheshire. When I told a friend where I was going to she asked me to tell her in three sentences how to resolve conflicts. That’s a big ask...

Reducing Stress in the Workplace

by ClickConsult 09:52 - 14th November 2011

Conflicting personal interaction can be one of the biggest sources of stress in any workplace. Therefore, if you are a manager within a business organisation, it is imperative that you deal with your colleagues in a way that is not stressful to you or them. Thankfully, there are some very...

Learning to deal with conflict more effectively

by ClickConsult 15:03 - 5th October 2011

Conflict is an inevitable part of human life. We are political creatures and among groups of individuals, there are almost always struggles for power and other such complications. If issues like this are not dealt with effectively, they can be hugely stressful and disruptive. You might find it tough to know...

Build good staff relationships and avoid the litigation trail!

by Damian Hamill 15:03 - 18th July 2011

A recent edition of HR Magazine reports research showing that 37% of Employment Tribunal appeals are from public sector workers despite the public sector only employing 22% of the UK workforce. In this blog I look at some potentially illuminating evidence from another sector that may give us clues...

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