PLAY NICE in Your Sandbox at Work: TOOLBOX Edition

In PLAY NICE in Your Sandbox at Work, Ron Price provides tips and techniques for conflict management so you can have more peace and productivity with less drama, turmoil and conflict in your workplace. You’ll learn how to avoid conflict with your team members and co-workers when possible and appropriate. You’ll also gain skills in conflict resolution to successfully navigate through disputes you believe cannot or should not be avoided, and still maintain healthy relationships after the conflict has been resolved.  Did you ever get into a dispute, conflict or disagreement with a co-worker that did not end on a positive note?

Have you ever lost a friendship with someone over what you considered to be a trivial matter?

Have you ever wished you could avoid disputes from coming into your life – or better manage those conflict situations that cannot be prevented?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’ll be glad you found this book. 

If you answered no, you may want to see if there is a local chapter of Liars Anonymous in your area.

We are all so different in some respects and so similar in others. One commonality we share is the desire to get along well with co-workers and enjoy our work. Most, if not all, of us have from time-to-time gotten upset with a co-worker and found ourselves in a dispute we really didn’t want or need at the time. 

Unfortunately unresolved conflict can steal our joy and make our work life a negative experience. In PLAY NICE in Your Sandbox at Work you will learn how to get along better with people who have been a challenge for you in the past. Differences can be strengths if we know how to handle them and this book will help equip you to do just that. 

Few things can destroy workplace morale quicker than conflict between staff members or between management and staff. Since we typically spend more awake time with co-workers than family members, it should not surprise us that disputes and misunderstandings will occur and occasionally blossom into full blown conflict. Without adequate conflict management skills, these blowups can have negative, sometimes disastrous effects on all concerned. 

We have all known, or heard of, people storming off the job following an argument that could have been avoided or handled better if the participants only knew the material contained in this book. 

Have ever wished you knew:

• How to get along better with the difficult members of your team?
• How to not get caught up in other people’s disputes?
• How to maintain your composure and resolve differences?
• How to keep small things from escalating into conflict?
• How to get what you need from others without hurting your relationship with them?
• How to be a better negotiator?
• How to help others resolve their disputes?

If these scenarios resonate with you, then keep reading and soon you will have a better handle on conflict.

Ron Price owns and operates Productive Outcomes, Inc. He offers a variety of services including dispute resolution, relationship coaching, public speaking and workplace training. He is also the executive director of the Four Corners Coalition for Marriage and Family, a 501-C-3 organization he co-founded in 2004. Ron is happily married to Maridell Price, a recently retired Registered Nurse at the San Juan Regional Medical Center. They have been married since December 28, 1980. Ron has a BA in Sociology from the University of Rhode Island, and a Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of New Mexico. He has completed over 500 hours in continuing education, mostly in the fields of facilitation, mediation, and relationship skills-building. Ron writes a weekly column for the Farmington, New Mexico Daily Times. PLAY NICE in Your Sandbox at Work is Ron's first published book in the PLAY NICE series. Future editions will address home, church and school settings. These books are an outgrowth from Ron's 29-year career as a mediator for the United States Postal Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the 11th Judicial District Court of New Mexico. He has seen numerous people get involved in conflicts they could have prevented or handled well if they only knew how. He firmly believes these books will equip you to address conflict with confidence not dread. Ron has served as Vice-President for a local Toastmaster's Club he co-founded, he has been a big brother to five "littles" through Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and is a past president of their Board. Ron is also a past president of the San Juan Rotary club, a former member of the Farmington Municipal School Board, and a graduate of Leadership San Juan (Class of 1997). He currently is a board member for the Four Corners Conference for Professional Development and the San Juan Regional Medical Center Corporation.