Managing Conflict

     Managing conflict within our lives is important. For a leader it is ctritcal it's controling people who don't agree to work in a benefical way for everyone.  A mandorla which I first related it to be like a vin diagram brings these of opposites together. It is able to bring about win-lose situations in ones that are a win-win. It was a great way to transintion into the conflict process and it having four parts once new information is introduced within the system; change/distruption, new solutions/stablility, adaptation/evolution, and intensification/chaos. Looking at the diagram I thought it looked very similar to DiSC or elemental and that we each might have a tendency to lead to resolve conflict by using one part of the cycle a little more than the other. Later on I found my assumptions to be right as that each of the elemental styles are mapped well with the conflict process. Noticing that each leader can use their natural tendencies to understand how to resolve the problem. Also, showing that it is a leader's job to be able to effectivly deal with chaos by changing style or outlook on a situtation and being open to broader possibilities. If the chaos is not resolved by a nessarcy change the problem just keeps growing causing more problems compared to if the change was created within the first place. The conflict process to win -win is a fine line to create to ensure safety and hold creative tension without wanting someone else to suffer for the benefit. This remined me of Plato's theory for justice "that the best type of good is one that is desirable both in itself and for the sake of its results". Meaning to me that it is a leaders job to look to benefit everyone through action and results of the action. Seeing how a leader must continual grow and bring everyone to a equal standard with individual self-worth, is what I believe was ctricial for leader developement.