SME Magazine By Nicole Posner, 22nd February 2018 Conflict costs, emotionally and financially. It can cause stress, ill health and absenteeism affecting morale and productivity and ultimately, your company’s bottom line. So what might be the key causes of conflict and how can you prevent them from costing your business money? Change and transition are natural byproducts of a growing business. Some members of your team might embrace the restructure with enthusiasm and view it

The CBI estimates a staggering 370 million working days are lost each year due to stress and workplace conflict which costs UK business in monetary terms, £33 billion per year! The real cost of conflict can affect your organisation in ways that might not be so obvious; the emotional cost, the physical cost, the productivity cost and bottom line ... the profitability cost. Conflict knows no boundaries and comes in many guises but some of the main causes are personality clashe