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Cultivating Success Through
Effective Conflict Resolution

At Diag Consulting, we recognize that conflict is an inherent aspect of the workplace. Our training programs are designed to equip individuals and teams with the skills to respond constructively to conflicts, enhancing collaboration and problem-solving and increasing productivity. By providing employees with conflict management strategies, we facilitate the development of robust client relationships through improved communication and mutual understanding, promoting client loyalty and enduring partnerships. This approach fosters a positive workplace culture, effectively reducing employee turnover and boosting job satisfaction, and contributes to a more resilient and successful organization.

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Empowering employees with conflict resolution skills is essential for effectively managing various workplace challenges including:

 

  • Client Based: Disagreements concerning service quality or project budgets, misunderstandings related to deadlines or expectations, differing perspectives on deliverables, and personality differences between employees and client representatives.

 

  • Interdivisional Based: Varying goals and priorities, unclear division responsibilities, competition for limited resources, miscommunication regarding project timelines and decision-making processes, insufficient collaboration, and power struggles among departments.

 

  • Employee Based: Ambiguity surrounding roles and responsibilities, differing work styles, disagreements regarding assigned tasks, accountability for inadequate work habits, personality conflicts, and resistance to change.

Features

Services

Diag Consulting works with individuals and teams at private, governmental, educational, nonprofit, and faith-based organizations to help them cultivate their conflict resolution skills.

Individual Coaching

Enhance your leadership skills through our customized one-on-one sessions designed for both seasoned and emerging leaders. Our professional guidance equips you to analyze an individual’s approach to conflict, develop appropriate strategies for responding, and identify critical factors contributing to disagreements. You will gain the ability to lead teams in formulating effective solutions while managing situations where consensus may be challenging. Sessions are available in-person or via video conferencing to accommodate your preferences.

Team Training

Elevate your team’s conflict resolution capabilities through our specialized training sessions. These sessions are designed to provide employees with crucial tools for neutral analysis of conflict situations, identification of underlying issues, and effective communication strategies for resolution. Participants will develop skills to recognize unexpressed concerns and ask insightful questions that assist colleagues and clients in articulating their needs. Our training incorporates interactive small group discussions and role-playing exercises. Sessions are offered both in-person and via video conferencing, with a recommendation for in-person participation to maximize engagement.

Facilitated Resolution

Our facilitated resolution process is designed to empower participants to develop solutions that best meet their needs. It begins with individual meetings to clarify the issues and prepare participants for constructive discussions. Following this first step, guided discussions focus on addressing the concerns and interactions among the participants. Ultimately, this collaborative approach leads to practical solutions and agreements that promote productive working relationships in the future.

About

Anna’s legal and conflict resolution training and experience enables her to assist clients in communicating productively when conflict occurs, working with others to find solutions to divisive problems, and strengthening relationships. She is a trained lawyer, graduating from the University of Michigan Law School. As a practicing lawyer, she often had to build consensus on contentious topics, including through participation in numerous mediated settlements. She studied conflict resolution and mediation while at law school and through the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center, which focuses on conflict transformation education. As an adjunct professor of law and career counselor, she developed her training, mentoring, and listening skills; facilitated small and large group discussions; and provided incisive instruction. Anna received a bachelor of arts degree and a juris doctor degree from the University of Michigan. 

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Anna Francis

CEO and Founder

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