Dr. Rachel Cubas-Wilkinson

Conflict shows up in every workplace. You can’t avoid it. But you can choose how you respond. The five conflict resolution strategies are competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, and accommodating. These strategies come from the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, a framework developed by Kenneth Thomas and Ralph Kilmann that maps your behavior along two dimensions: assertiveness

What are effective team communication strategies? Effective team communication strategies include establishing clear norms for how information flows, using behavioral assessments like DiSC to adapt your style to each teammate, creating regular check-in structures, and building feedback loops that catch problems before they grow. The best strategies match your team’s actual communication patterns—not the ones

Resolve workplace conflict by matching your strategy to each person’s DiSC style. This framework gives you the process, language, and steps to turn disagreements into productive outcomes.