To handle conflict within business partnerships effectively, try these strategies: Encourage Open Communication: Create a safe space for expressing concerns. Clarify Roles: Ensure everyone understands their responsibilities to reduce misunderstandings. Focus on Common Goals: Remind partners of shared objectives to foster collaboration. Promote Empathy: Encourage understanding by viewing situations from each other’s perspectives. Consider Mediation: Involve a neutral third party if conflicts persist. These approaches can help resolve issues and strengthen your partnership.

Always be ready to reset partnerships. Turbulence often arises when a new manager inherits a partnership without context or when organisational priorities shift suddenly. Prioritise in-person conversations to assess the partnership’s current state and whether the original shared intent still holds. If the shared intent remains strong, focus on recalibrating the work plan, resources, and milestones, building on the momentum achieved to date. If the shared intent has weakened, consider offering an exit from the partnership. In both scenarios, prioritise transparent, curiosity driven conversations.

First, you need to understand the root cause of the conflicts. Conflicts don't arise out of thin air generally. Understanding and learning from conflicts helps you optimize. But you will need to make sure that you understand what is causing it and help show a path forward