Workplace conflict is inevitable and unavoidable, but when it becomes detrimental, it may impact recruitment, productivity, creativity, retention, and ROI. On the other hand, conflict can be transformed into profit if it is looked at as an opportunity.

While intuition and rationality are essential facets of responding to conflict, it is not enough to rely only on these things to be consistent and fair, avoid further destruction, and reach lasting solutions. People need some form of established guidelines within which they can determine what works well and how effective they can be at resolving conflicts