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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 productivity, enhances problem-solving skills, and reduces turnover.
In this chat, Dr. Sundiata Soon-Jahta...
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.
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.
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.
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What is the best way to approach conflict resolution, and not lose your job, when it is with the person that you report to directly? In many organizations it is not safe to speak up.
Working with obnoxious people (deliberately speaking in a loud voice despite being warned not to). How to deal with this if s/he is a colleague or even your boss?
How do you defuse a conflict with a leader or coworker with an authoritarian management style when you have a democratic management style?
What are indicators that conflict is being avoided to the detriment of constructive feedback/discussion?
how to bridge solutions with 2 different parties. How to resolve conflict with your immediate team? how to resolve conflict between departments? What books to read? Any podcasts or leaders to...
How do you deal with disagreements in your team?
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direct contact, feeling of closeness, dynamic, immediate answers, greater interest from the target audience
What are key focus points for employees who are looking to improve conflict resolution skills?
Which strategies are effective for navigating a workplace where coworkers are much older
How to manage a working relationship and get work done by a peer who is insecure and very negative in attitude, without it impacting ones own reputation
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