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Office arguments can get intense. But if you know how to handle yourself during one, you can come out the winner. Most people tend to avoid conflict, but sometimes confrontation is necessary. It can not only clear the air between those who are in disagreement, but can actually spark creativity.

Despite this, many people go out of their way to avoid confrontation in the workplace. Not out of fear of causing a ruckus, but because they think they will fail. “In surveys, 85 percent of European and American executives say they fear raising issues or conflicts because they do not want to get into arguments they can’t manage and would lose,” reports USA Today.

But there is a way everyone–even you–can win an argument at work. Here are nine tips on how to do just that.

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