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Where to Get Conflict Management Training for Business
Where to Get Conflict Management Training for Business: A Complete Guide
If you're searching for conflict management training for your business, you're probably discovering what I hear every week from HR directors and team leaders: "Where do we even find this? And how do we know if it's any good?" Learn more here.

Kimberly Best
Nov 24, 202518 min read


Holiday Conflict: What if the Hardest Holiday Conversation is with Yourself?
Every year I write a holiday conflict blog. I do it because I know that many people – myself included - are silently struggling with the approaching holidays - the family dynamics, the old wounds, the exhausting expectations. And every year, I hear from readers who tell me something in these posts helped them show up differently, helped them breathe a little easier, helped them remember they had choices. This year's approach is about the most powerful tool I know.

Kimberly Best
Nov 8, 202512 min read


Why Patients Refuse to Follow Medical Advice
As both a former critical care nurse and a current conflict management specialist, I've learned that this tension isn't really about the behavior we're trying to change. It's about something deeper: the fundamental human need for choice and control over our own lives and often the issues that lay underneath.

Kimberly Best
Nov 2, 20257 min read


Losing Time, Talent, and Money to Conflict? Here's the Conflict Ecosystem That Transforms Organizations
If you're an HR professional, healthcare leader, or organizational manager, you already know that unresolved workplace conflict is undermining your potential. But what most organizations don't realize is this: You're not just managing conflicts - you're trapped in an endless cycle that prevents real progress. This article reveals why traditional conflict management approaches fail, what a Conflict Ecosystem is, and how building one can reduce turnover by 21-51% while decreas

Kimberly Best
Oct 15, 202515 min read


Podcast: The Hidden Cost of Healthcare Conflict
I recently joined Dr. Lee Sharma on her podcast, Scalpel and Sword: Conflict and Negotiation in Modern Medicine, to discuss something most healthcare leaders know but rarely address: unresolved conflict is quietly destroying your teams, burning out your staff, and harming patient outcomes.

Kimberly Best
Oct 13, 202512 min read
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