Address any heated conflict by learning which of the five conflict styles you are and how to resolve even the most sensitive dispute with this essential guide. The average American worker spends 156 hours a year engaged in moderate to intense workplace conflicts that negatively impact performance and health. Managers spend twenty-six percent of their time addressing and resolving conflicts within their team. But what if it didn't have to be this way? Is there a way to spend less time in stressful interactions and more time on things that matter? Through three decades of experience in creating and facilitating team chemistry for Fortune 500 companies, professional sports clubs, schools, government agencies, non-profits, and families, Dr. Jim Guinn and John Eliot have reduced the time and cost of conflict resolution. With this experience and combined with cutting-edge science and research in the field, they discovered that people react to conflicts in one of five ways: avoidance, competition, analysis, collaboration, or immediate retreat. These reactions are predictable. If you can predict how someone will behave in a given situation, you can form an action plan. How to Get Along with Anyone is a practical, hands-on book that helps you identify conflict types so you can navigate arguments that arise in everyday life. You will learn the conflict type of your colleagues and loved ones and how to use this information to enhance communication and collaboration. Filled with entertaining examples and actionable techniques, How to Get Along with Anyone teaches you how to predict and prevent escalating conflicts, equipping you with practical tools to categorize obstacles and cultivate stronger and more meaningful relationships.