COURSE: Fight the Urge to Be Right

About this episode

This episode explores the psychological tendency to be right and its impact on workplace conflict.

This is a short course on the human psychological tendency to be right, and how that tendency fuels conflict. It’s designed to help you understand the cognitive underpinnings of this common human drive toward being right, how it influences workplace conflict, and how we might mitigate its negative effects at work. For the full episode, including a downloadable eBook supplement, please join Dr. Pollack Peaceful Leaders Club at https://peacefulleadersacademy.com/club/. Club members get a...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jeremy Pollack

Topics covered

• psychology
• conflict resolution
• workplace dynamics
• cognitive biases
• self-improvement

Keywords

• psychological tendency
• conflict
• workplace
• cognitive underpinnings
• mitigation strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Peaceful Leaders Club, Peaceful Leaders Academy

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