SessionOne020

How Are You Managing Your Executive Committee?: Dealing with Inner Conflict
BeckyWinant

We sometimes find ourselves with sets of responsibilities that inherently conflict. For example, I might be the project manager of a project and the supervisor of some project people. As the project manager, I may want them to work in an unhealthy way. As supervisor, I should urge them to work more sensibly. The best fix for this problem is organizational -- don't put people in such situations. But what do you do if you are there?

In this session, we'll look at two aspects of this situation:

How can I manage my inner conflict? How can I detect it, deal with it, or better, resolve it? How can an organization avoid placing people in roles with inherent conflicts?

In exploring the consequences of inherently conflicting roles, we'll use a technique developed by Virginia Satir that externalizes the conflicting parts as role players. This session is for anybody with responsibilities that may conflict. It's highly interactive, and has great potential for inner learning. Come prepared for fun and insight.

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Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2001