CONFLICT DYNAMICS PROFILE®

ConflictMastery™ uses the Conflict Dynamics Profile® (CDP) in its workshops.

The CDP is an assessment instrument dealing with conflict behaviours. This tool provides a powerful way to improve self-awareness of what provokes conflict in individuals, as well as how they respond to conflict.

The CDP was developed at the Leadership Development Institute at Eckerd College. In addition, the Center for Creative Leadership® in Greensboro, North Carolina has adopted the CDP for use in its renowned Foundations of Leadership Program.

The CDP may be done as an individual assessment or a 360-degree feedback instrument. The instruments assess effective and non-effective responses to workplace conflict and identify causes of interpersonal conflict. The 360-degree instrument is for individuals who want (or need) to understand how they manage and cope with conflict and how their actions are interpreted by others. With the CDPI, no one else completes the instrument, to provide how the subject respondent is perceived by others.

Unlike most conflict instruments on the market which examine styles, the CDP focuses exclusively on the behaviours people typically display when faced with conflict.

The CDP produces a complete “conflict profile” by providing feedback on:
- their destructive and constructive responses to conflict
- what provokes an individual (Hot Buttons)
- how that individual perceives the way s/he typically responds to conflict
- how the individual responds before, during and after conflict

As noted, the 360-degree feedback instrument additionally, provides information on how others view that individual responding to conflict.

As a psychometrically sound instrument, the CDP shows solid evidence of reliability and validity. It is easily completed online in 20-25 minutes.

For more information the Conflict Dynamics Profile, contact ConflictMastery™ or go to http://conflictdynamics.org