Signs That Conflict at Work Is Subsiding

When you’re attempting to resolve conflict in the workplace, you want to see signs that the situation is starting to improve. Your mediation strategies are working when you begin to notice that your employees

• Have relaxed conversations and interactions

• Cooperate on tasks and projects

• Change their word choices (for example, “them” becomes “us”)

• Reduce their gossip

• Improve their tone of voice and relax their body language

• Keep their agreements

• Display a willingness to address new problems