For conflict management, you should use the same approach as for your own health: if you recognize and deal with the first signs of ‘disorder’ a complete and timely recovery is more likely.

Below, some of the most common signals:

  • people talk less with one another;
  • the tone becomes colder and more formal;
  • looking for a culprit rather than a solution;
  • there is not much listening, they do not try to understand the other;
  • they want to get their idea across at the first opportunity;
  • the conflict begins to bite: you sleep badly, or not enough;
  • calmness is decreasing, worry, anxiety and aggression are on the rise;
  • the climate becomes overbearing, there’s no laughter any more.