FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Eckerd College,
4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33711
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GOT CONFLICT?
ECKERD COLLEGE AUTHORS KNOW YOU DO AND KNOW HOW YOU CAN DEAL WITH IT

New Book by Leadership Development Educators
Helps Teams Use Conflict to Their Advantage 

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[ ST. PETERSBURG, FL, June 16, 2008] – When at least two people are together for any length of time, conflict is inevitable. For teams, conflict can be destructive. Can that conflict be leveraged? Craig Runde and Tim Flanagan, educators at the Leadership Development Institute at Eckerd College, believe that every team can learn how to deal with conflict. After interactions with hundreds of individuals in the field, in the assembly line, and from every rung of the proverbial business ladder, Runde and Flanagan's new book, Building Conflict Competent Teams (Jossey-Bass, June 30, 2008), provides team leaders and members with the skills and confidence to engage conflicts in ways that work for the team's advantage.

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