Inaugural Show - My Story & Why I Got Started

04/01/09 • 30 min

Got Conflict? The Texas Conflict Coach, a division of Conflict Connections, Inc. provides consumer education and tools to build self-awareness, skills and resources to manage conflict effectively. In this augural show, Pattie Porter, connects with the audience by sharing her story of growing up in a high conflict family, and this led eventually to her work as a conflict management expert. Pattie sets the stage for future shows including the idea of giving fieldwork assignments. The first fieldwork assignment is reading the first two chapters in "Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader" by Craig Runde. Craig will be the next guest on April 15th at 5:30 pm CST. Texas Conflict Coach listeners heard Peaceful Co-Existence by Radio Orphan on this inaugural show.

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Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader

Got Conflict? In this episode, we will speak to Craig Runde, co-author of "Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader." This book "underscores the importance for leaders to develop the critical skills they need to help them, their colleagues, and their organizations deal more effectively with conflict and move their organizations forward." But wait folks, this is not just for leaders, this book is for anyone who want to learn the why and how to manage conflict effectively. Craig E. Runde, director of the Center for Conflict Dynamics at the Eckerd College, oversees training and development of the Conflict Dynamics Profile assessment instrument and Center programs. He is the coauthor of Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader (Jossey-Bass, 2007) and Building Conflict Competent Teams (Jossey-Bass, 2008). Craig is a frequent speaker and commentator on workplace conflict issues. He received his B.A. from Harvard University, M.L.L. from the University of Denver, and J.D. from Duke University. Fieldwork Assignment: Take the FREE Hot Buttons Test by going to http://www.conflictconnections.com/conflictdynamicsprofile.shtml