Communication resources
When is a Fight Right (Out of the Comfort Zone Podcast)
Conflict, tension, disagreement are common events among colleagues - not that people are wrong in some way but that we all have competing points of view, different experiences and contradictory criteria for success. When is a fight a good thing? Why should we fight? What happens if we don’t fight? How can we fight without creating an unhealthy environment? Tune in for more.
14 Conflict Resolution Strategies for the Workplace
Conflict resolution is important because “when people experience conflicts, much of their energy goes into emotions related to those conflicts” (Wilmot & Hocker, 2011, p. 2). This article goes into detail on the research behind conflict resolution and identifies several strategies you can use to manage conflict well.
Dealing with Open Source conflict
Conflict seems to happen in open source communities. As I’m, once again, in an open source community with some conflict going on I wanted to reflect on some excellent lessons I’ve learned over the years. I’ve had the opportunity to be in communities during seasons of conflict. Rather than keeping these reflections to myself, I wanted to share them so that others could reflect and hopefully build on some of these reflections.
Conflict resolution - a primer
Written by Jono Bacon. Jono is a leading community manager, speaker, author, and podcaster. He is the founder of Jono Bacon Consulting which provides community strategy/execution, developer workflow, and other services. He also previously served as director of community at GitHub, Canonical, XPRIZE, OpenAdvantage, and consulted and advised a range of organizations.
How to Increase Self-Awareness: 16 Activities & Tools
Self-awareness is the ability to monitor our inner and external world. Our thoughts and feelings arise as signals. Developing self-awareness allows us to keep from being swept away by those signals, and instead, objectively and thoughtfully respond to them. Self-aware people understand their internal experience and their impact on the experience of others.
Hybrid Working and Digital Transformation Toolkit
This toolkit offers holistic, human-centred approaches for organisations making the shift to sustainable hybrid working and digital futures. You’ll learn about a range of topics in the collection, including Digital skills and leadership, Digital transformation and building a data-driven culture, Sustainability, Planning for the future, managing uncertainty and building resilience, Hybrid employee experience and culture, Collaborative communication and building trust, Diversity and inclusion, Physical and digital wellbeing, and Change management.
Effective Communication in the Workplace
This free course, Effective communication in the workplace, explores the importance of communication as a skill in the workplace. It aims to increase your understanding of communication skills and to help you to consider how your communication could be perceived by others. You’ll cover areas such as verbal and non-verbal communication, written communication and using your communication skills in challenging and diverse situations. You’ll also look at possible scenarios for communication in the future, ranging from remote working to virtual reality.
Work Life
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant takes you inside some truly unusual places, where they’ve figured out how to make work not suck. Adam is the chart-topping host of podcasts that make you think—and think again—about how you work, lead, and live. His shows have been named among the best of the year by Spotify and Apple.
How to Write a Good Issue: Tips for Effective Communication in Open Source
Three years ago I maintained my first open source project for Hacktoberfest. As a first-time maintainer, I underestimated the time and effort it would take to write good issues for my contributors. What I also learned that year was that writing issues is an important form of communication, and, as a contributor, it can be a valuable skill to develop to create relationships and support maintainers.
Contributing to Open Source projects - contributors etiquette
Open-source brings together people from all over the world to collaborate and find solutions to complex problems. This post aims to help you improve your communication and collaboration skills. And at the same time, help make our community friendlier and safe for us all.