Regardless of people's reluctance to confront tough issues or challenging people, the fact is we need to. It is difficult to advance, succeed, or grow without confrontation.
Engaging in productive confrontation paves the way for diversity of thought, developing healthy boundaries, arriving at new, innovative approaches, better decision-making, and challenging the status quo, all of which are essential if we want to thrive in our lives and work. The question is how can one make confrontations as productive, healthy and effective as possible?
Here's a fine article from Forbes with 5 key strategies for facing confrontation not as aggressive or angry conflict, but as the act of facing something or someone that needs to be addressed head on – directly and proactively (also known as "the elephant in the room").
