There are so many where I'm not sure examples will help here. I have heard stories from school projects, competitive sport to military deployment in Afghanistan. A few suggestions based on successful candidates I've seen for PEI:

1. Draw out the key elements of the question (i.e., transferable skills/experience) and make sure your story goes into enough detail to illustrate that (e.g., logical reasoning, empathy, influencing, collaboration, compromise, etc.)

2. Choose your MOST challenging example. You'll be surprised the number of times I've stopped the candidate and asked "is this the most challenging situation where you've had to x". You don't need to have received a Noble Peace Prize but it's still your opportunity to impress!

3. Use an appropriate structure to frame the story as a "problem" you solved as opposed to a long "once upon a time" story. McKisney is all about impact-oriented problem solving. PEI is something that you can be fully prepared for it's also important to practice telling your story in an engaging way

Hi there,

Any of the following could work:

• Someone who wasn't doing their work
• Someone who was vocally putting down the work/team
• Two coworkers fighting/disputing with each other
• A coworker fighting/disputing with you
• A coworker flatly questioning your authority (if you're leading the team)
• A coworker having a mental breakdown
• Coworkers not working well together (i.e. poor communication)

Hello,

With this question, I understand your desire to be well prepared for your FIT part, but me personally, I don't think that hearing other stories about managing the conflicts will help you in that.

As a coach, I would recommend you to remember stories in your working experience of:

• Interdependence/Task-Based Conflicts.
• Leadership Conflicts.
• Work Style Conflicts.
• Personality-Based Conflicts.
• Discrimination.
• Creative Idea Conflict.

And think about your personal story using STAR+L structure (Situation, Task, Approach, Result and your Learnings)

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