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Office Hours with Dr. Sundiata Soon-Jahta and Maryella Marie
Effective conflict resolution nurtures a positive work environment, promotes healthy relationships, improves...
Office Hours with Dr. Sundiata Soon-Jahta and Maryella Marie
Effective conflict resolution nurtures a positive work environment, promotes healthy relationships, improves productivity, enhances problem-solving skills, and reduces turnover.
In this chat, Dr. Sundiata Soon-Jahta and Maryella Marie will join us to share best practices and actionable tips to address and overcome workplace conflict.
In our recurring bi-monthly Q&A, we’ll discuss:
We can’t wait to meet you back here to keep the conversation burning. Questions, comments, and active participation are always encouraged.
Maryella Marie [she/they] is a liberation facilitator, multimedia producer, & Master of Ceremony who has spent over a decade working with diverse technologists, independent artists, and divergent innovators across the globe to deepen their audiences’ emotional intelligence.
You can find her work and offerings on Grow Dialogue and The Positive Force Team where she curates and produces multimedia projects centered around emotional intelligence, belonging, and creative leadership; as well as facilitates collaborations between artists and organizations in the Americas in order to build bridges and inspire positive social impact.
Go to ThePositiveForceTeam.org to get their newsletter and learn how to participate.
Dr. Sundiata Soon-Jahta (he/him) is a specialist in Anti-Oppression, D.E.I.B, Change Management, Conflict Resolution, Leadership Coaching & Collaborative Culture Facilitation.
With a doctorate degree in organizational leadership and over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, educator, social change agent, and organizational leader in the clothing, telecom, energy, education, real estate, non-profit, and tech startup industries, his consultation and facilitation work are informed by both theory and practice.
I work in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging- and often there are questions or push for policy not yet in place. How do you recommend managing expectations?
How to handle conflict/issues with micromanagment with a person who is higher up in the corporate food chain?
How do I manage a chronic toxic colleague?
How to handle conflict management when both parties are at fault
How do you handle conflict that is created by personality clashes, but the contributors are great assets to the company so their conflict has been overlooked for a long time?
What do you find are the key ingredients and also biggest challenges for cultivating in creating a thriving intentional culture.
How do you safe conversations and buy in from a group of professionals who do not communicate well?
I’m a very introverted, non-confrontational person and find it difficult to handle office politics of any kind. Any suggestions for someone like me?
As an in-house labor/employment attorney, I would welcome your thoughts on the role of workplace conflict resolution in mitigating risk of litigation.
How do you help resolve conflict when you have strong personalities on one side and introverts on the other side?
I have people in my department with strong, conflicting personalities. How do I best manage this otherwise awesome group of team members?
People taking advantage of your kindness.
Please address how to deal with serial interruptors, in meetings and elsewhere-thanks!
What are tips to promote and welcome healthy conflict with your team?
What are some pratical ways to address conflict in real time in a way that addresses the issue without halting the entire meeting.
If someone is not ready to hear it, how do you introduce conflict resolution to them?
What happens if the conflict is unresolved in the workplace?
How do you go about handling conflicts that were created when trying to handle a different conflict?
How do you handle conflict
What is the best way to encourage managers to handle workplace conflict without affecting the trust that has been built with their team members?
How to navigate a difficult conversation being a highly sensitive person?
What is the main conflict occurring in the workplace?
How to ask for your manager's help/support, if needed, and how to handle if they don't follow through with the support they promised.
I’ve been through de-escalation training at my previous job, what I’d like to know is how to prevent or end conflict between employees or between employees and management staff?
What measures can we take to prevent conflict?
How to be in the middle without taking sides or looking two-faced but also supportive
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