The Beauty of Conflict: Harnessing Your Team?s Competitive Advantage

by Crismarie Campbell, Susan Clarke

No one likes conflict--but that doesn't mean you have to avoid it. Learn how to turn those "Oh, Sh*t! Moments," when opinions and personalities clash, into the juice that powers your team to great results or new heights.

Politics. Confusion. Factions. Gossip. Turnover. If you lead a team, you may see conflict as the worst part of your job. You may see it as counterproductive, dysfunctional, and a waste of time because team members are not dealing with each other--maybe not even speaking. You may see lost opportunities, inspiration, cohesiveness, and ultimately, productivity.

But what if you could see...results?

That's what The Beauty of Conflict: Harnessing Your Team's Competitive Advantage is all about.

Written by life and business partners CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke, The Beauty of Conflict shows you how the perfect storm that occurs when vision, opinion, and passion come together can be fertile ground for creativity and innovation. By leaning in to those inevitable oh, sh*t! moments when people clash, you'll unleash the juice that powers your team's competitive advantage. You'll learn to:


Utilize the potential energy of conflict Guide your team through difficult moments Bridge differences between people to boost your team's IQ Use conflict to spark innovation and team transformation Increase trust, engagement and profit Featuring true stories and practical examples drawn from the authors' 25 years of experience working with Fortune 500 and other major companies, The Beauty of Conflict will show you how to lead your team past the discomfort, embrace their differences--and leverage those oh, sh*t! moments into increased productivity and profitability.

296 pages, Paperback

Published October 29, 2017

About the author

CrisMarie has a passion for woman in leadership and creating winning teams. In 2002, she co-founded Thrive! with Susan Clarke to share her unique perspective to a wider audience making relationships matter as much as business results.
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CrisMarie and Susan are speakers, coaches, consultants. Over 20 years ago they co-founded thrive! inc. They've worked with thousands of leaders, teams, and entire companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, the Gates Foundation, and the San Francisco Giants.

They help build high performing teams that use conflict to drive creativity, innovation, and profit. Their proven step-by-step process is outlined in their first book, The Beauty of Conflict: Harnessing Your Team's Competitive Advantage.

For the last 10 years, they've helped hundreds of romantic couples increase their passion, intimacy, and emotional connection. Their second book is, The Beauty of Conflict for Couples.

Campbell competed in the Olympics, was a Boeing flight test engineer, earned an MBA, and became a certified life and mind-body coach.

Clarke, miraculously healed a terminal cancer diagnosis, became a marriage and family counselor, business coach, and certified Equus coach.

Their podcast, The Beauty of Conflict, helps individuals, couples, teams resolve difficult conflicts, creating stronger relationships.

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Thrive! Inc. Website:
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The Beauty of Conflict Website:
http://beautyofconflict.com

The Beauty of Conflict Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

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Reviews

[Jess | MossandMoonlightReads]

So much good stuff! I am definitely an accommodator and it is interesting to read how conflict can help creativity thrive and flow. Such good stuff! I did catch a mistake in which the incorrect chapter is referenced... my OCD was full force but that's just my crazy lol. Anyways, that set aside this is book is wonderful! Definitely will be referencing back to this.

[Kelly Morrison]

Such a great book full of practical tools! I also loved the great stories in the book that the authors shared. Definitely a must-ready book for anyone who works on a team!

[Coni]

My manager at work "requested" that everyone in our group read this book.

I got some valuable lessons and strategies from this book, but I was also left feeling that reading 270 pages of this cheerleader-is writing was quite a high price to pay for those lessons.

I am glad to have read the book, but I did not enjoy it.

[Robin Kelson]

Really clear, helpful book, with practical tips for working with teams, co-workers, even frustrating family situations. Looking forward to applying the principles and actions in my business.