Conflict is a critical and inevitable part of organizational development and change. Effective leadership requires an in-depth understanding of the nature of conflict and the ability to interact and engage in conflict in intentional and effective ways. While managing conflict is challenging for any leader, it is particularly so for women. Our approaches to conflict are impacted by a number of factors including gender socialization and cultural differences. This interactive session will specifically focus on increasing women leaders' ability to develop “conflict fluency” across gender and diverse cultural contexts.

What you will gain

• A deeper understanding of how to name, frame, and tame conflict
• The ability to identify and recognize your own and others' conflict styles
• A framework to identify differences that “make a difference” such as gender, race, ethnicity, and culture in managing and resolving conflict
• Skills for bridging conflict styles in cross gender and intercultural contexts

Beth Zemsky is a Carlson Executive Education instructor. She provides multicultural organizational development to non-profit, educational, and business organizations. Zemsky specializes in providing organization development and change management services to social justice organizations to help them build their organizations so as to develop a broader movement for social change. Most recently, she was the mediation coordinator of leadership and organizational effectiveness at the University of Minnesota. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in adult and community education from Cornell University and masters degrees in counseling psychology and social work from Washington University, Saint Louis.

Location

Executive Education
Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
321 19th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0438

Tuition and Payment Method

Credit card or subscription only.

Quantity Discounts

Save 10% when you register for two classes at the same time.
Save 15% when you register for three classes at the same time.
Save 15% when three or more people from the same organization register as a group for the same program.