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Workplace Services: Introductory Articles

Friday, February 8th, 2013

WORKPLACE SERVICESCFR Mediation provides targeted conflict management tools to employers. Every aspect of our conflict management toolkit is designed to assist individuals respond more effectively regardless of the nature of the conflict.

Our conflict management services are tailored to address the specific issues experienced by those involved in the program, ensuring a meaningful and applicable experience for both employees and employers. We focus on practical tools and skills that can be immediately implemented in everyday situations.

The negative effect of employee conflict need not be an inevitable cost of doing business.

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Cost of Bad Bosses

Saturday, January 19th, 2013

Workplace Services - Bad BossThree out of four working Americans report their boss is the most stressful part of their workday – is in other words three-quarters of workers complain that they have a “bad boss”. Are there really that many bad bosses? Is it possible that the issue more one of poor workplace communication and conflict management?

Whether 75% of American working Americans have, in fact, a “bad boss” (more…)

Kennedy vs. Hospital Policy – Nurses Hurt

Monday, December 10th, 2012

Workplace ServicesIt was just a little less than a year ago that Douglas Kennedy, son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, tried to take his newborn son off the maternity ward and outside for some fresh air.

This presented a problem as the baby had not been discharged from the hospital. At two-days old he was still a patient in the maternity ward. Like most hospital maternity wards, (more…)

Unreasonable People & Conflict Resolution

Sunday, September 23rd, 2012

Workplace Communication“He is so unreasonable! He’ll never agree to anything that makes any sense!”

No one likes to be involved in a conflict or difficult relationship, especially when the other person seems so unreasonable. Despite this, it is impossible not to periodically find oneself embroiled in just that…a conflict with an unreasonable person – whether at work or at home. (more…)

Divorce Options

Friday, June 1st, 2012

Divorce MediationNo couple decides to marry and intertwine their futures – while planning to divorce years later. However, many couples find themselves facing just that. A life altering change that they did not plan for, but must navigate through together in order to move towards their individual futures.

No matter how long a couple has been married, the presence of children, or the financial assets involved, every divorcing couple (more…)

Throwing Good Money After Bad?

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

Team FacilitationMany employers and managers are aware that their teams are experiencing problematic levels of conflict – but are at a loss as to how effectively address the issue. Often the answer reached is to address the issue using existing resources.

Below are three examples. All three workplaces experienced the same issue: conflict and poor communication (more…)

Patient-Nurse Workplace Conflict

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Hospital NurseThe nurses’ workplace is ripe for conflict. The workplace conflict experienced by nurses often involves other nurses, physicians, or allied staff. But nurses also are vulnerable to conflicts involving patient and their families.

Working with patients is seldom black and white. Every patient is different, as is every interaction. (more…)

Workplace Team Conflict Resolution Facilitation

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

CFR Workplace Conflict ServicesCostly workplace conflict exists in every workplace.

At times the issues clearly involve only one or two employees who are actively engaged in a significantly disruptive interpersonal conflict. However, perhaps more common but less recognized or addressed, is the problematic ongoing conflict experienced by workplace teams. Too often there is a virtual breakdown of efficiency (more…)

Staff Nurses and Workplace Conflict

Saturday, March 31st, 2012

CFR Workplace ServicesEveryone has to deal with conflict: both in the workplace and personal lives. Nurses are no exception.

Nurses, however, are unique in the directions that potential conflict comes from: managers, nursing colleagues, doctors, ancillary staff, as well as patients and their families. In other words for the nurse, workplace conflict is not just a hazard from colleagues and other medical (more…)

Assertiveness Does NOT Equal Aggression

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Workplace CommunicationWe all have different communications styles, each can be placed somewhere on a continuum between assertiveness and passivity. Some people, however, believe that being assertive is the same thing as being aggressive; this is far from the truth.

In the workplace, and in most areas of life, at least some level of assertiveness (more…)

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