Ayoub Chobah - Workplace conflict and leadershipArticles for the conflicts you face at work, and what you can do this week.https://ayoubchobah.com/en-CAHow do I prepare for a difficult conversation with my boss?https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/prepare-difficult-conversation-with-boss/https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/prepare-difficult-conversation-with-boss/You keep putting off a talk with your manager and replay it in your head at night? How to prepare in 5 steps, with the words to open the conversation.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhy do I avoid difficult conversations? And how to finally have the one you keep putting offhttps://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/avoiding-a-difficult-conversation/https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/avoiding-a-difficult-conversation/Been avoiding a difficult conversation for weeks and replaying it at night? What's really holding you back, what this silence costs, and a first sentence to open the conversation.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe 5 conflict management styles: which one is yours, and when it traps youhttps://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/conflict-management-styles/https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/conflict-management-styles/Asserting, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, accommodating: the 5 ways people react to conflict, what each one costs, and how to pick the right one at the right time.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to say no to your boss without getting fired (with the exact words)https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/how-to-disagree-with-your-boss/https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/how-to-disagree-with-your-boss/Afraid to push back on your manager? A 6-step method, with the exact words, to disagree without looking insubordinate.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT"How do I make my boss lose it?" What if we looked at what keeps repeating?https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/how-to-get-back-at-your-boss/https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/how-to-get-back-at-your-boss/People ask me how to get back at their boss. My question is: then what? What this urge says about you, the situations that keep repeating with your manager, and how to break the pattern.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT"How do I silence a toxic coworker?" What I answer when people ask mehttps://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/how-to-silence-a-toxic-coworker/https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/how-to-silence-a-toxic-coworker/People often ask me how to silence a toxic coworker. I won't help you silence them. I'll help you make sure their words no longer have the same power over you.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTwo employees in conflict: understand before you resolve, without taking sideshttps://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/manager-conflict-between-two-employees/https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/manager-conflict-between-two-employees/Two people on your team are in conflict? Should you step in, how to understand before resolving, when to bring them together. The framework to think it through, and a free kit to take action.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT3.7 out of 10: why so many physicians don't see themselves as leadershttps://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/physicians-leadership-avoided-conflict/https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/physicians-leadership-avoided-conflict/At the Journées Montfort, physicians rated themselves 3.7 out of 10 on "I am a leader." The 5 barriers holding back leadership in healthcare, starting with avoided conflict.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to deal with a toxic coworker: the signs, why nice people are their target, and how to set a boundaryhttps://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/toxic-coworker-taking-advantage/https://ayoubchobah.com/en/blog/toxic-coworker-taking-advantage/You always look for common ground, and a coworker takes advantage of it? Why collaboration becomes an open door, and how to set a clear boundary without becoming toxic yourself.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT