Conflict Management Style Analysis

Throughout life’s numerous experiences, I have come in contact with a number of individuals who fit the domineering profile of each conflict management style. My wife and I suitably fit the bill on a number of these styles when interacting with one another. Inside of each encounter we have with each other, we utilize a number of tactics which help to resolve the issue without losing valuable respect for each other. In this intriguing investigation, there will be an assessment of certain conflict management skills that I am lacking and should be utilizing more often, along with the advantages of making this conversion. Also, there will be an analysis of certain skills I am currently employing that should be used less frequently to assist
My wife and I went through a steady stream of premarital counseling sessions which taught us a very important lesson about conflict. If we avoid a conflict, we are destined to lead lives filled with unresolved issues which are never addressed and concealed emotions that are never released. I often “stick my foot in my mouth” when I respond to every given situation that surfaces with both my wife and my mother-in-law. My wife understands that my personality has the propensity to react a certain way, which in turn can affect her and her mother’s emotional state. I was raised in a family where I continually had to be on the defense when a conflict emerged. Fortunately that line of defense has not worked in our relationship. The advantage of employing the avoidance style is that I am permitted “some time to think” about how I am going to respond like Hocker, Wilmot, & Wilmot, (2014) mentioned in their textbook titled “Interpersonal Conflict” (p. 152). If I am given ample time to respond to the situation, I can reply in a benevolent manner instead of retorting with an abrupt response. A good portion of our discussions and arguments are “trivial” and do not have lasting consequences on our outlook on life together (Hocker et al., 2014, p.
I have learned that there is a time and place for each style, and if they are properly used, they can prove to be a beneficial part of managing and resolving a variety of conflict in our future. The topics comprised in this paper included an assessment of certain conflict management skills that I am lacking in and should be utilizing more often, along with the advantages of making the conversion. Also, there was an analysis of certain skills I am currently employing that should be used less frequently to assist in neutralizing certain types of conflict that can produce undesirable outcomes. With each elemental conflict management skill identified, there was an assessment of each skill along with how each skill is addressed appropriately. I know that I have plenty of room to grow, and if I take the time assess the conflict that is materializing, then I will have the necessary tool to successfully maneuver my way through the hills and valleys of the conflict. Conflict is something that can be managed, and it is up me to properly navigate my way through the maze that I tread through on a daily