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Animal Metaphors and Conflict Resolution @ KMLF

Conflict Is Not Always A Bikie Gang!!!! facilitated by Laurel Sutton and Andy DuLaney Shaw on Wednesday October 24, 2012

  1. Quite often we find ourselves in a conflictual situation in the workplace. How did we get there? In this session we will explore some of the assumptions we make about people that lead us to respond to them in different behavioural terms and, how this alters when we become more aware of our own behaviour and who we are dealing with.

     

    The session uses Arthur Shelley’s Organizational Zoo metaphor to examine our own behaviours in a fun manner and to gain some insights into how we can apply reflective self knowledge to developing more constructive relationships.

  2. Follow Laurel Sutton
  3. Follow Andy DuLaney Shaw
  4. Don't leave workplace conflict unresolved because u don't know how 2 manage it. Let us help u this Wednesday at #kmlf meetup.com/Melbourne-KMLF…
  5. Getting started
  6. #kmlf on understanding basic cognitive *stuff* to help understand assumptions & better deal with situations
  7. Exercise 1: Assumptions influence our decisions
  8. Task: In this exercise you view the images and provided information and place in order of preference the person you would like to go to dinner with. You do this task 3 times, each time a bit more information is revealed.
    Reflect: Did your rating change? Why did it change?
  9. #kmlf How much "self talk goes on" which doesn't allow us to engage fully (or to make informed decisions)
  10. #kmlf assumptions that influence our decisions - self talk, context, individual experiences and perceived value of engagement
  11. #kmlf are we basing our assumptions on visual recognition? How does this change when you have some facts?
  12. #kmlf Making assumptions can be dangerous, can end up causing conflict because our behaviour is based on assumptions > need to disrupt!
  13. Exercise 2 Exploring individual behaviours based on animal metaphors
  14. Small group discussions: Explore the characteristics of the animal metaphors. Go beyond your assumption of an animal to understand 
  15. #kmlf Exploring organisational types which are based on animal characters
  16. Exercise 3: Interpreting the situation

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