Throwing a pen across a room. Finding a quiet place to sit and cry. Noticing that you suddenly hate your manager and you don't know why.

Emotions at work – do we generally allow space for them?

Organisational health is related to a complex sequence of interactions; the people, how they are, what they are hoping to achieve, resource quality and availability, practical processes, leadership and a range of other factors.

I am a workplace mediator and my focus is on the interpersonal relationships within organisations.  Are people dealing effectively with difficult and awkward personal interactions – or not?  Do the employees have good skills for managing themselves and each other?

I have recently been invited to work with a few schools – helping them look at specific issues of internal conflict and after doing this work found myself reflecting on the organisational impact of negative conflict.

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I thought members of this group would be interested in this.  Read the full article here from Mediate.com by Nigel Singer:

http://www.mediate.com/articles/singerN3.cfm