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Co-Founder Conflict: Common Issues & How to Navigate Effectively​ Many new businesses do not get past the launch stage due to co-founder conflicts. But there are ways to navigate conflict among co-founders effectively without losing a partner, a valued relationship, or an investment. Here are the best tips we have for getting through co-founder conflicts.
Safe & Secure Relationships Yet, trusting that a relationship can handle conflict, or the sharp edge of the disagreements, might actually make the disagreements easier. The most important thing about the repair that follows a rupture is that the relationship can be stronger.
Mad to the Bone Anger tells us something we value is being threatened and is evolution's way of telling us “Do something about this!” Being an adult with our anger means finding a way to a healthy expression of it. 
Adapting & Setting Limits Whether it’s a co-founder, employee, parent, or ‘that one relative,’ odds are good that at some point in your relational life you’ll encounter a high conflict personality. Knowing those odds, it’s good to have the psychological awareness to know who these folks are and how they work so that you can relate to them in a way that is clear and kind (for both them and you). 
Considering Good friendship consists of a safe place to be yourself and offer that to another. It’s a place where there’s mutual respect and trust that you’ll show up for each other in ways that make the other feel seen and heard. It’s a place in which you feel deeply considered by the other.
Facing The Challenges of Virtual Teams: 10 Skills for Managing Remote Organizations Successfully Managing a remote team successfully requires an attunement to what matters most in communication: understanding the human or humans in front of you.
Unhooked Conflict in the human realm presents us with many challenges, some we’d rather not face. How we act in the face of conflict tells us something about where we’ve come from and also about what personal obstacles may prevent us from handling conflict with clarity and grace.
Building Bridges unharm someone by telling the truth you could not face when you struck instead of tended. — put the fire out (unburn) – Nahyyriah Waheed Safety is a necessary component…
Being Human at Work “We need to basically reset everything so that winning is actually leading with your whole self. We need a whole, complete re-imagining of user experience, winning, and culture that’s human-centric.…
Just Us “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” – Mother Teresa In college I studied comparative religions after realizing that the…

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