Conflict Managed

Conflict Managed

Conflict Managed is a podcast about toxic workplaces and how to fix them. Listen to stories of dysfunction and triumph from different walks of life and professions. Join us on the journey as we talk about the good, bad, and ugly of our work environments and discuss a vision for the future of human-centered workplaces where people are not only treated with dignity and respect but encouraged to be their brilliant selves. Managing Conflict is not magic, though it takes intentional and sustained planning for health to win over chaos in any environment. Conflict is normal and expected. Let’s deal with it.

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July 7, 2026 56 mins

This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Kevin Rice. Together we explore:

  • Crash course in running a business
  • Doing a temperature check
  • Yeilding to colleagues’ strengths
  • Developing and building trust
  • Great executive coaching
  • The CEOs & ABCs podcast
  • Being intentionally present
  • Practicing how to have difficult conversations

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Gavin McMahon. Together we explore:

  • Is this a technology problem or a people issue?
  • Formal vs. informal practices (how it should work vs. how it does work)
  • Boiling down business to the most basic parts
  • Leadership storytelling: leadership – the choices I make; storytelling – the amplification of those choices through stories
  • Developing collective good habits (culture) through...
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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Andre W. Thornton. Together we explore:

  • The gift of asking questions
  • Thinking through failure, and what it means
  • The 1440 method
  • What does your average perfect day look like?
  • O.S.E.ing
  • In conflict, there is always something to learn from the other person
  • People are likely to listen when they’ve heard
  • Leadership question: Why would someone volunteer to follow you?
  • Leaning into conf...
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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Michelle Hamilton. Together we explore:

  • What does it mean to be creative? And why is creativity important?
  • How to help people process and thrive with the extreme fast pace of change today
  • Holding ‘what’s in it for you?’ conversations at work about AI technologies
  • Seeing new technology as a great opportunity for intergenerational dialogue and collaboration
  • Valuing ...
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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Artem Koren. Together we explore:

  • The communication skills leaders will need now and into the future
  • The impact of AI on work, learning, and human connection
  • Technology, isolation, and the growing challenge of workplace loneliness
  • How strong microcultures shape and strengthen organizational culture
  • Why drive and initiative matter in effective leadership

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Masha Rusanov. Together we explore:

Identifying your default conflict pattern What happens when you break your usual conflict script Listening to the body’s “yes” and “no” signals in difficult conversations Limiting beliefs that keep conflict cycles going Finding alignment with colleagues, even in disagreement

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Laura Kriska. Together we explore:

  • Seeing and breaking down silos at work
  • Asking: What are we actually trying to achieve together?
  • The power of superordinate goals
  • The four stages of trust
  • Turning colleagues into trusted colleagues
  • We-building instead of division

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Shalin Desai. Together we explore:

  • Trying to escape vs. learning the skills to navigate difficult situations
  • Learning and practicing The Art of Living breathing
  • What is within our control
  • Training your mind
  • The role of emotions at work
  • The connection between breath and emotions
  • Emotional regulation: how?
  • Taking the mental “trash” out regularly

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Derek T. Smith. Together we explore:

  • Harassment and discrimination at work
  • Impact vs. intent
  • Holding real conversations before problems escalate
  • Smart people learn from their own mistakes. Geniuses learn from the mistakes of others
  • Let people talk. Let people know you are available.
  • When to reach out to a lawyer

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May 5, 2026 65 mins

This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Lucy Standing. Together we explore:

  • Internal and external networking
  • Her new book, Age Against the Machine: New Rules for Working in an Ageist World
  • Continuing career conversations at work
  • Agism at work
  • Assume good intent, then have the conversation anyway

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Mauricio “Reese” Ramos. Together we explore:

  • What an organizational ombuds is and does
  • Different conflict styles at work
  • Being present with others when they are struggling
  • Why does this matter so much to you?
  • What’s holding you back from acting?
  • The Ombuds Academy
  • Learning: knowledge or wisdom?

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Norman Wolfe. Together we explore:

  • The nature of work
  • Is there a better way to design work?
  • People are not “valuable assets”
  • The universality of love
  • Foundational needs we all have
  • Training people not to grow (old thinking)
  • The Living Organization framework

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Bruce Mayhew. Together we explore:

  • Getting your job done vs developing your career
  • Constructing policies that encourage growth
  • Creativity as a fundamental goal
  • Evolving (instead of changing)
  • What are we measuring (and why?)
  • Figuring out how people can be their best vs fitting people into preexisting molds
  • Bruce’s new book, The Path of the Inspired Leader

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Navid Nazemian. Together we explore:

  • If not now, when?
  • Being prepared to meet your luck
  • Navid’s book, Mastering Executive Transitions
  • Trust at work
  • Being seen, heard, and respected at work
  • Taking time to understand what you and your colleagues find acceptable and unacceptable when dealing with conflict

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Richmond Heath. Together we explore:

  • TRE (Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises)
  • Shaking and trembling as a natural selfcare technique
  • “Have you had your career defining moment yet?”
  • How old is your nervous system? How is your nervous system responding in the moment?
  • PQ: Physiological intelligence
  • Being truly calm and relaxed vs. trying to clamp down and masking/pretending ...
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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Steven Puri. Together we explore:

  • What flow states are and how and why to enter them Work should be measured by effect, not location or time spent
  • Establishing your company culture
  • Leadership is seeing what someone has to offer and creating the conditions for it to emerge
  • How full do others perceive their glass to be (rather than how full it actually is)?
  • Building space for creativity
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March 17, 2026 55 mins

This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Bud Caddell. Together we explore:

  • The power of friendship at work
  • Experimenting to find durable solutions
  • Behavior changes at work
  • Checking-in and repairing work relationships
  • Foreground and background conversations
  • Generations at work
  • Developing a “culture contract”
  • You get the workforce you think about/expect

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Ben Fox. Together we explore:

  • Following fear or love?
  • How to find the time to be curious
  • Addressing financial concerns when leaving a job
  • Ways you can start to change what you’re feeling at work
  • Finding the next thing
  • Shifting from ‘get me away from this’ to ‘this is what I want to move towards’

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Dr. Kevin Foreman on our 200th episode! Together we explore:

  • ‘Why not me?’ mentality
  • Choosing to be unbothered
  • Conflict is a byproduct of growth
  • What’s your goal: Being right or getting results?
  • Blocking/cancel culture impedes our ability to resolve conflict
  • Conflict is an opportunity to construct
  • Approaching life and business as a student
  • Multigenerational environment...
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February 24, 2026 60 mins

🎙 This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Kae Kronthaler-Williams. Together we explore:

  • Women in tech
  • Maneuvering through the systems at work to advance your career
  • The relief that happens when you see your options (instead of staying stuck)
  • Finding a way to stay (when possible)
  • Separating intent from impact
  • Being comfortable holding uncomfortable conversations
  • Removing the invisible work of women through sharing tangible po...
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