Most workplaces don’t suffer from too much  conflict. They suffer from unspoken conflict , avoided conflict, or badly handled conflict. Deadlines slip. Meetings feel tense. People become careful with their words. Small misunderstandings turn into personal stories. Productivity drops, not because people don’t care, but because navigating each other starts to feel risky. Conflict is not a failure of teamwork.It ’s a normal by-product of people thinking, caring, and working unde