19 Aug Key Life Area Goals, Objectives, and Action Plans
Assignment:
Respond to TWO (2) of your colleagues’ postings that contain a perspective other than yours.
NO PLAGIARISM
2–3 paragraphs in length per Colleague
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Discussion 2: Key Life Area Goals, Objectives, and Action Plans
Assignment:
Respond to two of your colleagues’ postings that contain a perspective other than yours. Your response will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length, as a general expectation.
· Share an insight about what you learned from having read your colleagues’ postings and discuss how and why your colleague’s posting resonated with you professionally and personally. (Note: This may be a great opportunity to help you think about passions you share with your colleagues who could become part of your Walden network.)
· Offer an example from your experience or observation that validates what your colleague discussed.
· Offer specific suggestions that will help your colleague build upon his or her perceptions as a leader.
· Offer further assessment from having read your colleague’s post that could impact a leader’s effectiveness.
· Share how something your colleague discussed changed the way you consider your own leadership qualities.
· No plagiarism
RE: Discussion 1: Research Paper Track – Week 7
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Conclusion
The research shows that forgiveness is a skill that leads to resolving conflicts between people in organizations by preserving and strengthening the relationships. Strong relations lead to positive change, better levels of well-being, higher employee engagement, and profitability. Organizations should address the act of forgiveness as a way to promote collaboration and build trust with employees.
Forgiveness is a crucial component of effective conflict management and provides employees with psychological safety. Designing environments that not only reduce stress and anxiety but also foster relationships results in higher levels of engagement and productivity.
Ayoko (2008) describes the potential reactions and emotions people face during a conflict:
· Aggressive Emotions: Distrustful, resentful, angry
· Positive Receptive Emotions: Confident, curious, optimistic
· Avoidant Emotions: fearful, vulnerable, uncertain
The know-how to manage the process and feelings during conflict would help influence how relationships evolve in an organization.
Recommendation
The secret is in institutionalizing mechanisms to manage conflict effectively. Not to be confused with micromanaging employee relationships. It means to pay attention to our behaviors and talk about them. It means to train leaders and employees on how conflict is managed and why it is important to forgive, and the impact on the relationships and the workplace culture.
The recommendation is to train, talk and evaluate how behaviors that lead to forgiveness are applied across the organization. Companies need to make this topic part of their learning curriculum and reinforce it during the performance management process, interaction, performance evaluations, and by having leaders walk the talk.
Reference
Ayoko, O. B., & Pekerti, A. A. (2008). The mediating and moderating effects of conflict and communication openness on workplace trust. International Journal of Conflict Management, 19(4), 297–318. https://doi.org/10.1108/10444060810909275
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2nd Colleague – Kimberly Thompson
RE: Discussion 1: Research Paper Track – Week 7
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Chapter 7: Findings and Conclusion
My research consisted of a survey with ten questions and it was given to 40 participants. The deadline that was given to submit those survey's has not yet passed and the findings of my research is not clear at this time. However, during my research, I have discovered that there is a stigma against Blacks that receive mental health services and due to the stigma, others are reluctant to receive mental health services. Blacks also don't utilize Employee Assistance Programs in fear of not being able to get a job promotion or a breach of confidentiality in the organization and someone finding out they are receiving services.
Recommendations
Create a inviting environemnt so that Blacks will be open to utilize Employee Assistance Programs.
Address stigmas and barriers head on.
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