How can conflict resolution training be incorporated into functional training programs?
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Conflict resolution training is a valuable skill that can help you deal with challenging situations, improve your communication, and foster better relationships in your personal and professional life. But how can you integrate it into your functional training programs, which are designed to enhance your physical and mental performance in specific contexts? In this article, we will explore some ways to incorporate conflict resolution training into your functional training routines, and how it can benefit you in various scenarios.
Functional training is a type of exercise that focuses on improving your ability to perform everyday tasks, sports, or occupations. It involves using multiple muscle groups, joints, and movements that mimic real-life situations, such as lifting, pushing, pulling, squatting, or balancing. Functional training can help you improve your strength, endurance, flexibility, coordination, and stability, as well as prevent injuries and enhance your quality of life.
Conflict resolution training is a form of learning that teaches you how to manage and resolve conflicts effectively and constructively. It covers topics such as identifying the sources and types of conflicts, understanding your own and others' emotions and perspectives, applying communication and negotiation skills, and finding win-win solutions. Conflict resolution training can help you reduce stress, build trust, and achieve your goals in various settings, such as work, family, or community.
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Kat Newport, ACC
Leadership & Conflict Coach | Development & Team Facilitator | Turning disputes into growth opportunities
Conflict resolution training is learning about relationships and communication. Conflict is simply a divergence of opinion or idea between people therefore conflict resolution training must include: the ability to identify and manage one's own emotions, the ability to communicate positively and effectively and an ability to plan a way forward in the relationship and situation.
One way to combine functional and conflict resolution training is to use scenarios that simulate both physical and social challenges. For example, you can create a team-based functional training circuit that requires you to cooperate, communicate, and negotiate with your teammates to complete different tasks, such as carrying a heavy object, crossing a balance beam, or solving a puzzle. You can also introduce elements of competition, uncertainty, or time pressure to increase the difficulty and complexity of the scenarios. This way, you can practice your functional and conflict resolution skills at the same time, and learn how to cope with stress, frustration, and disagreement.
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Kat Newport, ACC
Leadership & Conflict Coach | Development & Team Facilitator | Turning disputes into growth opportunities
In my conflict training sessions, we use role play, body language interpretation activities, small and large group activities to spark debate (opposing ideas), use tools to generate critical thinking based upon communications and many more. Conflict resolution training must be visceral. Conflict can spark a very physical reaction in people and having tools to be able to identify the feeling and then manage it in a proactive way to resolve conflict requires training that safely encourages people to move in and out of the emotional state to gain experience and confidence.
Combining functional and conflict resolution training can have several positive impacts on physical and mental health, as well as performance and relationships. Through diverse and dynamic exercises, you can improve your fitness and functionality. Working with others can help to enhance communication and collaboration skills, while problem-solving and decision-making skills can be developed by analyzing situations, generating options, and evaluating outcomes. Additionally, emotional intelligence and empathy can be increased by recognizing and managing your own and others' feelings, needs, and interests. Finally, confidence and self-esteem may be boosted by overcoming obstacles, resolving conflicts, and achieving objectives.
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Kat Newport, ACC
Leadership & Conflict Coach | Development & Team Facilitator | Turning disputes into growth opportunities
By using activities moving participants in and out of the state of conflict or debate, effective and non-effective communication, heightened awareness and relaxation, we build resiliency so that the same skills can be more easily be applied in real-world situations. These types of activities build new memories around the concept of conflict, making it easier to deploy new skills and habits.
To measure your progress in functional and conflict resolution training, you can use various tools and methods, such as self-assessment, goal-setting and evaluation. Reflect on your own performance, strengths and weaknesses, and ask for feedback from others to enhance your skills. Set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound goals to track your progress and achievements. Use formal or informal evaluation methods such as tests, quizzes, surveys or interviews to measure your functional and conflict resolution skills and competencies. Compare your results with your baseline or benchmarks to identify gaps or opportunities for growth. Celebrate your successes and reward yourself for your efforts.
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Kat Newport, ACC
Leadership & Conflict Coach | Development & Team Facilitator | Turning disputes into growth opportunities
When facilitating conflict resolution training, I use physical activities to gage the participant's comfort with the concept of conflict at the beginning of the session and at each topic change; then again at the end of the session and topic change. This is one way to gain insights into the immediate impacts of the session. Post session check-ins are also helpful when working with conflict resolution. Determining if and how successful the participants have deployed new conflict resolution skills can help you support the individual while effectively evaluating the programming and generating program continual improvement.
If you want to get started with functional and conflict resolution training, you should begin by assessing your current level of skills and identifying your needs and goals. Then, find a suitable program that fits your interests and preferences, while offering scenarios that involve conflict resolution. You should join a group or partner that shares your vision and values, as they can support and challenge you in your training. Make sure to commit to a regular schedule of functional and conflict resolution training, while adjusting it according to your feedback and results. Lastly, enjoy the process of learning and growing while having fun!
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Kat Newport, ACC
Leadership & Conflict Coach | Development & Team Facilitator | Turning disputes into growth opportunities
Conflict is a part of every workplace, organization or relationship. It is present wherever there are two or more people. How you manage conflict will directly impact your mental health, the health of your organization and, ultimately, the bottom line of your organization and general life satisfaction. Avoiding conflict or regularly using unhealthy coping mechanisms to manage the unresolved emotions surrounding conflict (like gossip) will cause more damage than directly and positively managing the conflict.