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## [Moving From Dissonance to Harmony: Managing Conflict on the Board](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/moving-from-dissonance-to-harmony-managing-conflict-on-the-board)

 Posted by [Jill Sarah Moscowitz](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/jill-sarah-moscowitz) on Oct 14, 2016, 9:29:55 AM

Power struggles, miscommunication, and differences of opinion are bound to show up on any nonprofit board and can intensify when an organization is undergoing an executive transition. When conflict arises, one's first instinct might be to avoid it, but conflict can actually present an opportunity...

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