Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader: How You and Your Organization Can Manage Conflict Effectively, 2nd Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Since the completion of the first edition of Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader in the fall of 2006, much has transpired in the world—some good, some not so good. In six short years, we’ve seen unprecedented upheaval in the world economy, bank failures across the United States, government bailouts for major corporations, jobless rates at their highest levels since the Great Depression, military interventions in multiple countries, ousters of dictatorial leaders in the Middle East, defaults of entire countries, the demise of the U.S. housing market, and oil prices topping $100 per barrel. National politics seemed to reach new low points as bipartisanship all but disappeared. The explosion of technology continued ...