Coaching is a powerful concept that has roots in this nation's love of sports. In recent years, coaching has been used to make sense of a variety of different supportive relationships.
Conflict coaching is one type of coaching relationship.
It can be used in anticipation of an interpersonal conflict or to make a thorough assessment of a conflict that has already occurred. A conflict coaching may also combine these orientations, as it fosters an individual's clarity for how a conflict shapes and may be shaped by the coaching participant and others. This paper outlines four approaches to conflict coaching, giving special attention to a model based on the theory of conflict styles. All rights reserved by the author.