When both the relationship and your goal are of moderate importance, and meeting both will be difficult, then compromise is appropriate and it makes sense to be clever like a fox. Compro- mise in conflict situations is often necessary to maintain a relationship, and the compromise may be positive for you as long as it does not require you to compromise your values. One example would be letting players decide some team rules, which gives them part of what they want, as long as you can dictate key provisions such as the drug and alcohol policy.