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    Workplace Conflict: An Opportunity for Growth
    Indian Institute Of Management Bangalore

    Workplace Conflict: An Opportunity for Growth

    Indian Institute Of Management Bangalore, Bangalore
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    Sep 23 - Sep 25, 2026
    3 days · in-person · Instructor-Led · Bangalore Campus
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    $1,275

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    About This Program

    The inability to manage conflict within the team is the number one reason for high levels of stress, stagnant careers, and dissatisfaction. On the flip side, the ability to integrate multiple views and understand different identities and perspectives is a crucial skill required for managers to grow within the organization. What happens in situations of conflict? What happens when we engage with people with different perspectives, incentives, and orientations? We lose our ability to listen, to see with clarity, and often end up acting from a place of difficult emotions. The narrative gets complicated, difficult to address and resolve, leading to a downward spiral! And the fact is, conflict is a part of our everyday living, whether explicit or implicit, whether we acknowledge it or not. The quality of our professional and personal life is largely dependent on how we respond to conflict. If addressed with the right mindset and attitude, conflict can be transformed into real opportunities for growth for the individuals involved, as well as for the organization. What if you could reframe differences as opportunities for robust and innovative solutions? What if you had the skills and tools to support your teammates in conflict situations? What if you could help them address conflict constructively and meaningfully, where everyone feels heard, their needs acknowledged, and are able to address the core needs of the team and the organization? This is the crux of transforming conflict. Although difficult, this is not impossible to achieve. The rewards are higher performance, innovation, and a more satisfying workplace. To start with one needs to understand where conflicts come from, the impact of conflict dynamic on people, including oneself and the organizational system, and seek ways to engage with conflict in a way that is constructive. And then one needs to practice this intentionally and actively.

    Why Indian Institute Of Management Bangalore?

    IIM Bangalore occupies a position in Indian management education that no other institution quite replicates — a school shaped by a post-Independence nation-building mandate that has since grown into one of Asia's most respected research and leadership institutions. Its executive education programs draw participants from across India's most consequential industries, from Bengaluru's technology corridor to Mumbai's financial sector, and bring them into contact with faculty who are as likely to be publishing in top-tier academic journals as advising a government ministry.

    Your Profile

    • Mid-senior managers who deal with team conflict, differing perspectives, or difficult interpersonal dynamics at work.
    • People managers seeking practical tools for dialogue, feedback, and constructive conflict resolution.
    • Leaders working across multicultural or diverse teams where integrating multiple viewpoints is a regular challenge.

    Benefits

    • Understand conflict dynamics and the role emotions play in escalating or resolving disputes.
    • Practice constructive feedback and active listening to address difficult conversations meaningfully.
    • Work with diverse perspectives and multicultural teams to produce innovative solutions.
    • Build networks that bridge across groups and support organizational resilience.

    What You'll Learn

    • Conflict dynamics: understanding where conflicts originate and how they escalate within teams and organizations.
    • Role of emotions in conflict: learning to acknowledge and work with difficult emotions in conflict situations.
    • Constructive feedback: tools and practice for giving and receiving feedback that moves conversations forward.
    • Engaging with differences with curiosity: reframing divergent views as inputs to innovation rather than obstacles.
    • Networks for innovation in an uncertain world: building bridges across groups to support creative problem-solving.
    • Diversity, access, and inclusion: understanding identity, bias, and their connection to workplace conflict.
    • Having difficult conversations meaningfully: dialogue facilitation skills for high-stakes interpersonal situations.
    • Harvesting creative solutions: practices for reaching outcomes where all parties feel heard and core needs are addressed.

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