What is Your Conflict Style?

Are you highly assertive and a take charge type of person when it comes to dealing with conflicts? Or do you tend to avoid conflicts at all costs? Do you defer to other’s needs and try to accommodate other’s interests at the price of advocating for your own needs? Perhaps you try to “split the difference” in any conflict to reach a resolution that is mutually satisfying to everyone. Or maybe you always try to collaborate with other and work hard to find solutions that everyone can agree with. These five distinct approaches to conflicts affect how parties come together, or not, and are always a factor in any conflict resolution process.