4.4.c FIFE Tool for Conflict Self-Management

Conflict strategies are both the methods we employ automatically in conflict and the strategies we select to use to manage conflict. Recall that you have already learned some self-management strategies for conflict, such as the Functional Reconnect, by using Look, Listen, Link.

FIFE is another tool that you can use to develop your self-awareness when a conflict arises (2). The process includes managing your emotions, tuning into how you are judging yourself and others, identifying how you are reacting to others, and noting how you are expressing yourself in your communication style to others.