Conflict Style Inventory Assessment

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I found the Conflict Style inventory assessment test to be informative as it explains the five styles of how one responds to conflict. The information gleaned from the Style Matters assessment equips individuals to assess their strengths and weaknesses of their own conflict resolution styles and the styles of others, and how best to respond and engage in low and high-level conflict. Therefore, the report was detailed as it indicated and rated one’s reactions to low-level disagreements specified as calm, when using the five conflict management styles as compared to the storm classification indicting high stress and heated emotions (2005). Kraybill (2005) describes each style, as the first style is Directing. This approach has a high focus

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