Assessment
Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP)
How a person understands, approaches and manages conflict at work: the hot buttons, the preferred responses and the behavior under stress.
What it is
The Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP) is a leadership development tool that looks at how a person understands, approaches and manages conflict in the workplace.
By identifying conflict triggers, preferred responses and behavior under stress, the CDP helps a leader handle disagreement constructively and build a healthier, more collaborative working environment.
- What it measures
- How a person understands, approaches and manages conflict at work: conflict triggers (hot buttons), preferred responses, and constructive and destructive behaviors under stress.
- When we use it
- In the coaching process and in leadership development, when conflict in a team or with stakeholders is the work.
- Where it sits
- This instrument is used inside the coaching process. The full coaching process
What it gives a leader
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Increasing self-awareness of conflict triggers
The CDP helps a leader identify the specific hot buttons that may lead to conflict, such as feeling ignored, criticized or micromanaged.
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Developing constructive conflict behaviors
The CDP evaluates both constructive and destructive responses to conflict, and shows how a leader naturally handles disagreement.
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Reducing destructive conflict responses
A leader may also show destructive responses to conflict, such as defensiveness, withdrawal or dominating the conversation.
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Enhancing emotional intelligence in conflict situations
The CDP emphasizes the part emotional intelligence plays in managing conflict.
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Fostering a culture of collaboration and open communication
A leader who addresses conflict constructively can build a culture that values open communication and collaborative problem-solving.
The Conflict Dynamics Profile enables a leader to handle conflict with greater awareness, empathy and effectiveness. Better conflict management builds a more resilient, collaborative team, and lets a leader lead through challenges with confidence and composure.
Common questions
What does the Conflict Dynamics Profile measure?
How a person understands, approaches and manages conflict at work: conflict triggers (hot buttons), preferred responses, and constructive and destructive behaviors under stress.
When is the Conflict Dynamics Profile used in coaching?
In the coaching process and in leadership development, when conflict in a team or with stakeholders is the work.
Who is executive coaching for?
CEOs and senior leaders, and their teams. Each of the three coaches held senior operating roles before coaching, so the conversation is with someone who has sat where you sit.
How do I start?
With a short note through the form on this page, saying what you are facing. A coach replies personally.
Is executive coaching confidential?
Yes. All coaching conversations are completely confidential. Information is shared only with explicit written consent, and written agreements protect your privacy and intellectual property. The one exception is a legal obligation to report an immediate risk of harm.
Talk to a senior coach.
Thank you.
Your note is on its way. One of the three coaches will reply to you personally.