Is Workplace Conflict Having An Impact On Your Bottom Line?

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Office politics are often avoided at all costs by business owners, who have much more important things on their plate. But when staff conflict arises within your organisation, is it wise to turn a blind eye, or should you do something about it?

In the CIPD report Getting under the skin of workplace conflict, "four in ten UK employees report some form of interpersonal conflict at work in the last year."

This could cover everything from a disagreement, to accusing someone of bullying, and the report states that “conflict with our line managers (or their bosses) is viewed as being most serious and having the greatest consequences, for example, in demotivation or stress.”

And there’s no greater place for office politics than in politics itself, as highlighted by panama phone number resource the news reports surrounding the recent spat between Donald Trump and US House Speaker Paul Ryan (which puts our own party political disputes in the shade).

While to an outsider this latest "Trumpism" may seem faintly ludicrous, the truth is that when conflict gets out of hand it can easily poison your whole businesses - cost you money and may even take you as far as the courts.
Donald Trump is clearly no stranger to the importance of conflict resolution, and met with Paul Ryan the following week before sharing an update on Twitter to say; "Great day in DC with @SpeakerRyan and Republican leadership. Things working out really well!"

But not all employee disagreements will make worldwide news, so why should you be concerned? According to the CBI (Confederation of British Industry), workplace conflict “costs UK business £33 billion per year, taking up 20% of leadership time and potentially losing up to 370 million working days.”