...Carl Robinson Purpose The purpose of the paper is to identify common ways of dealing with conflict, specifically in C‐level teams, and how to confront them frankly and respectfully. Design/methodology/approach The author presents his views based on over 30 years' experience as an executive...

..., is about resolving goal‐obstacle conflicts – which inevitably involves the use of power in some form. And if power is the ability to overcome resistance, then the study of power is really a study of resistance and how it manifests itself against the goal at hand. In the pursuit of everything valuable...