Conflict - Trinity Performance Solutions

The Five Qualities of a Successful“QuaranTeam”

Working with teams has always had its challenges, but working in a virtual environment has a new set of issues we may not have even considered. Taking a page from Patrick Lencioni’s 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, here are some tips for dealing with your virtual team. Trust – As with any team, the…

How Emotionally Intelligent People Deal with Button Pushers.

We all have those issues or people that can send us off the deep end quickly. Sometimes just the mention of the person’s name can cause hives! You try very hard to contain your emotions, but often your body language will rat you out. And even if you have been able to limit your outward…

Dealing with Toxic People

We all have those people in our lives that thrive off drama. They appear to live for the next big crisis and if one doesn’t appear, they will create one. Being around individuals like this can cause us a great deal of stress. Just a few days of exposure to stress can affect the part…

Using Emotional Intelligence During Times of Turmoil

I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday. As most people are doing these days, we got to discussing the Corona Virus issue. She said, “I was in the grocery store yesterday to pick up a couple of things, and all of a sudden, I was grabbing things I didn’t even need.” She went…

When is Conflict Productive?

When you think of conflict, what are the words you usually associate with it? Fighting, anger, discomfort, hostility? Webster defines conflict as competitive or opposing action of incompatibles: antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons); mental struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, wishes, or external or internal demands; the…