CFR Mediation – Mediator Office Locations
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View ArticleWorkplace Conflict: Broadening the Definition
To address this disparity in understanding the scope of the problematic workplace interactions among employees, it is best to specifically broaden the definition of workplace conflict to include...
View ArticleWorkplace Conflict Increases Absenteeism
Employers and managers often assume that these interactions are inconsequential events that occur and are then over. However, a Swedish study found that an employee taking a sick day had a significant...
View ArticleThe Cost of Workplace Conflict
An expensive truth is that conflict is present in every workplace. It is the single most preventable cause of lost revenue, costing US employers well over a billion dollars every year.
View ArticleStaff Nurses and Workplace Conflict
Everyone has to deal with conflict: both in the workplace and personal lives. Nurses are unique in that they experience workplace conflict not just among colleagues and professionals in the workplace,...
View ArticlePatient-Nurse Workplace Conflict
The possible conflict scenarios involving patients and/or their families are too numerous to imagine as nurses find themselves the object of the emotions experienced by patients and families who have...
View ArticleEnsuring Successful Workplace Teams
Most workplace teams do not work as planned. They are not efficient or effective. They have poor communication and ongoing conflict The reason has more to do with the design and implementation of the...
View ArticleKennedy vs. Hospital Policy – Nurses Hurt
Two staff nurses got in a physical altercation trying to enforce hospital policy when Douglas Kennedy tried to remove his 2-day old son from the unit without permission.
View ArticleCost of Bad Bosses
Three 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".
View ArticleSilence is Not Always Golden
Silence can be golden, but it is often construed negatively. Silence can be seen as arrogance or agreement when there is none. Silence does not allow you to have a voice or input in the decisions being...
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