Conflict Management and Leadership Development Using Mediation

By:
Nance T Algert, Texas A&M University

A volume in the series: Contemporary Issues in Conflict Management and Dialogue. Editor(s): Nance T Algert, Texas A&M University. Carla Liau-Hing Yep, Texas A&M University. Kenita S. Rogers, Texas A&M University. Christine A. Stanley, Texas A&M University.

Published 2021

Conflict management is an overlooked area in leadership development. Mediation as an intervention method to use in conflict management can be productive for building leadership capacity and organizational development in higher education. Adults average five conflicts per day and people in titled leadership spend over two-thirds of their time engaged in managing conflict. This workbook offers conflict management strategies, models, and processes to support college and university personnel in recognizing and managing conflicts and how to build skill sets that can enhance effective communication and address conflicts.

CONTENTS
Preface, Nance T Algert. Introduction. SECTION I: Change and the Workplace. SECTION II: Conflict. SECTION III: Conflict Management. SECTION IV: Conflict Engagement. SECTION V: Organizational Conflict. SECTION VI: Mediation. SECTION VII: Models of Mediation. Glossary. APPENDIX I: Ethical Guidelines for Mediators. APPENDIX II: Captured Conflict Management Phrases. APPENDIX III: Reading Reference List. About the Author.