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The Research and Development Clinic at your organazationhas decided to open one weekend a month to accomidate more testsubjects. This has caused a Work-Family Conflict on the team youmanage.

Use one of the strategies to resolve it....

Accommodating – This is when you cooperate to ahigh-degree, and it may be at your own expense, and actually workagainst your own goals, objectives, and desired outcomes. Thisapproach is effective when the other party is the expert or has abetter solution. It can also be effective for preserving futurerelations with the other party.

Avoiding – This is when you simply avoid theissue. You aren’t helping the other party reach their goals, andyou aren’t assertively pursuing your own. This works when the issueis trivial or when you have no chance of winning.   Itcan also be effective when the issue would be very costly. It’salso very effective when the atmosphere is emotionally charged andyou need to create some space. Sometimes issues will resolvethemselves, but “hope is not a strategy”, and, in general, avoidingis not a good long term strategy.

Collaborating – This is where you partner orpair up with the other party to achieve both of your goals. This ishow you break free of the “win-lose” paradigm and seek the“win-win.” This can be effective for complex scenarios where youneed to find a novel solution. This can also mean re-framing thechallenge to create a bigger space and room for everybody’s ideas.The downside is that it requires a high-degree of trust andreaching a consensus can require a lot of time and effort to geteverybody on board and to synthesize all the ideas.

Competing – This is the “win-lose” approach.You act in a very assertive way to achieve your goals, withoutseeking to cooperate with the other party, and it may be at theexpense of the other party.    This approach may beappropriate for emergencies when time is of the essence, or whenyou need quick, decisive action, and people are aware of andsupport the approach.

Compromising – This is the “lose-lose” scenariowhere neither party really achieves what they want. This requires amoderate level of assertiveness and cooperation. It may beappropriate for scenarios where you need a temporary solution, orwhere both sides have equally important goals.   The trapis to fall into compromising as an easy way out, when collaboratingwould produce a better solution.

What strategies and styles will you use to ensure youhave the right leadership to guide the organization?