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Lauren's RBJ Column: Welcome Conflict in the Workplace

DS News / 3.25.21

Our board chair, Lauren Dixon, says we should welcome conflict in the workplace. You’re probably thinking “What?! No way.”

But it’s true! Lauren says leaders should encourage and model how to welcome healthy, productive conflict in the workplace. In her latest Rochester Business Journal column, she writes about why people avoid conflict, why productive conflict is good for business and tips for disagreeing without being disrespectful.

Read her column here. And tell us: Do you welcome conflict in the workplace? After reading this column, will you start?

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