Quotes About Conflict

I hate this kingdom," Foeslayer offered, pacing up and down the small room again. "Really," said Prudence drily. She was rolling blankets and packing their belongings, preparing for their departure in the morning. "That's surprising. You've been acting obnoxiously cheerful since we got here.

I called you a conniving, lying snake," I spat. "Why

How am I going to last even a month without stabbing my claws through his superior eyeballs?

She wasn't a great mother, but she was still her mother. "If we run away," Foeslayer said, "your mother will kill mine, and the other two NightWings as well. She'll think I convinced you to run off with me and she'll blame them.

Winter stood up and went over to join them. He glanced over at his brother as he did and saw him standing under a tree with round orange fruit, banging his head on the trunk. Winter sighed.

What did I say about staying put?" Glory asked. "You're a great queen, I hear, but with all due respect, you're not my queen," Qibli said, setting his jaw. "I go where they go. Besides, Winter wants me along, he just can't admit it." "I don't," Winter said. "You can send him back to the Kingdom of Sand for all I care." "He adores me," Qibli said.

love!" Sundew yelped at the same time as Mandrake stammered, "No,

You're right," Qibli said to her. "Underneath the brainwashing genocidal murderer is a very lonely brainwashing genocidal murderer.

I WON'T get upset!" Cliff shouted. "I want! to SEE! MOMMY KILL GRANDMA!" Peril had to stifle a giggle. "All right, you bloodthirsty little barbarian

Inside her head, Darkstalker sighed. I literally can't see any future where I can talk you out of this. Oh, good, Moon thought, Then take a break and don't try.

You cannot have a SeaWing as queen of the RainWings. Tsunami, quit that.

No tenéis por qué meteros en esto —dijo Gloria—. Es problema

course I didn't!" Darkstalker protested, and, "No! He didn't!" cried Winter at the same time. "Darkstalker," Moon said. "You have to promise me — you cannot put spells on my friends." "I'm really offended by this," Winter said haughtily. "I'm such an open-minded dragon." Peril and Qibli snorted in unison.

Guys, this is Riptide and Serious." "CIRRUS," the IceWing snarled.

Six-Claws suspected that if she ever killed her mother, it wouldn't be for power or a throne; it would be for a pair of diamond earrings. And she wouldn't do it with her claws or her fire — she'd do it by annoying the queen to death.

I'm Qibli, and that's Moon and Kinkajou. Guys, this is Riptide and Serious." "CIRRUS," the IceWing snarled. "That's what I said.

Dad would never work for anyone else; he likes being lord himself too much. And he doesn't want to fight any more dragons. He'd rather hide from them.

I can see that." Morrowseer's dark eyes narrowed as Viper, the SandWing, fell into a crevice and the MudWing promptly tripped and landed on top of her. With a hiss, Viper whipped around and bit Ochre's tail, setting off a yowling whine.

He did want to talk to Kinkajou about what had happened to Turtle — but he couldn't do that in front of Moon. He also couldn't take Moon to Anemone's room, because Anemone was there. Darkstalker wouldn't be able to hear any thoughts Moon had about the SeaWing princess, but to explain why she was there, they'd have to tell Moon about Turtle's imprisonment, and THAT would show up in her thoughts.

If we don't trust one another, then we aren't going to engage in open, constructive, ideological conflict. And we'll just continue to preserve a sense of artificial harmony.

A lack of healthy conflict is a problem because it ensures the third dysfunction of a team: lack of commitment. Without having aired their opinions in the course of passionate and open debate, team members rarely, if ever, buy in and commit to decisions, though they may feign agreement during meetings.

When team members trust one another, when they know that everyone on the team is capable of admitting when they don't have the right answer, and when they're willing to acknowledge when someone else's idea is better than theirs, the fear of conflict and the discomfort it entails is greatly diminished. When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer. It is not only okay but desirable.

find someone who can demonstrate trust, engage in conflict, commit to group decisions, hold their peers accountable, and focus on the results of the team, not their own ego.

Because when a team recovers from an incident of destructive conflict, it builds confidence that it can survive such an event, which in turn builds trust. This is not unlike a husband and wife recovering from a big argument and developing closer ties and greater confidence in their relationship as a result.