Conflict Managed Merry Brown

🎙This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Nasoan Sheftel-Gomes, Consultant, Certified Leadership Coach, and Attorney.
 
Join us as we discuss:
🔥Career burnout
🔍The exhausting trap of hypervigilance
🌱The life altering power of transformative coaching
🕊Quelling anxiety in conflict situations
🚀Actively making space for new leadership
 
Conflict Managed is available wherever you listen to podcasts.
 
Nasoan Sheftel-Gomes is an attorney, leadership coach, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging strategist. With over 16 years of experience in the nonprofit legal services sector in NYC, she has led organizational transformation, diversity, and anti-bias initiatives. Nasoan's expertise spans organizational development, program development, operations, human resources, labor management, strategic planning, and compliance.
As the founder of Transformative Leadership Collective, Nasoan coaches leaders to align with their core values, enhance self-awareness, and strengthen relationship-building skills. She believes in fostering equity-driven organizational cultures that inspire collective purpose. Nasoan specializes in facilitating difficult conversations, developing leadership skills for diverse teams, and creating transformational organizations.
Nasoan holds a JD from the City University of New York School of Law, a Master's in Journalism from the University of California Berkeley, and a bachelor's in Sociology from Clark University. She is a certified professional leadership coach and holds a Certification in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Cornell University. Licensed to practice law in New York, she resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services. You can find them online at 3pconflictrestoration.com.

This week on Conflict Managed, we are joined by Philip Grindell, an esteemed security expert and founder of Defuse, a consultancy dedicated to mitigating risks and safeguarding everyone from high net-worth individuals, organizations, and those in the public eye from various threats.
Join us as we discuss:
🤝The need for the human touch when dealing with problems and complaints
👓Short sighted and costly nature of cost-cutting human services for employees
🥇Considering what success really is: having more or being more?
🔑Identifying problem behaviors for intervention and de-escalation
🧭The need to re-humanize our work environments
With a distinguished career spanning from senior roles in Scotland Yard to establishing protective intelligence teams in Parliament, Philip Grindell brings expertise in protective intelligence, behavioral science, and security management. Having spearheaded initiatives to protect public figures and organizations, Philip understands the complexities of managing physical, reputational, and psychological risks. His comprehensive approach combines rigorous data analysis with bespoke strategies tailored to each client's unique circumstances. Philip's background as a former senior detective, coupled with his experience in counterterrorism and security coordination, underscores his commitment to delivering top-tier protection services. Through Defuse, he provides clients with the same level of expertise and service afforded to government officials and political leaders.
Social Media Sites:
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/behavioural-threat-management-specialist
Youtube Channel - (6) Defuse® - YouTube
Website - defuseglobal.com/ 

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services and hosted by Merry Brown.

This week on Conflict Managed we welcome LeKesha Taylor, University Ombuds and Associate Director of Residence Life for Marshall University.
Join us as we discuss questions such as:
🌟Who has the solution to your problem?
✨Dealing with gossip and office drama: what are your priorities?
🌟What do you want to spend your time thinking about?
✨Are you hearing what THEY are saying?
Conflict Managed is available wherever you listen to podcasts.
LeKesha Taylor is a seasoned Housing and Residence Life professional from Huntington, WV. She is a proud alum of Parkersburg High School (Go Big Reds) in Parkersburg, West Virginia.  Currently she serves as the Associate Director of Residence Life and the University Ombuds for her alma mater Marshall University. She has served as a team member for housing since 1999. While still new to the field of Ombuds she became a member of the International Ombuds Association in 2021 and reestablished the Ombuds office at Marshall University serving as an Ombuds to faculty and staff and most recently in 2023 adding in students as well. During her tenure at Marshall University, she has served on a host of committees serving all Marshall and Huntington community constituents including President Commissions and the University Women of Color Committee, Behavioral Intervention Team, and Week of Welcome. She was privileged to be a part of the John Marshall Leadership Fellows 2020 cohort and a Facilitator and speaker for 2021-2024.  Her family is her greatest accomplishment and spending time with them is her preferred pastime.  She is a wife to a wonderful husband Jason and mother to two beautiful children Emberlee and Elias, as well as a pet parent to Moose Hotdog and Khloe Bell.  

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services.

🎙Today on Conflict Managed we welcome Toby Mildon, Diversity and Inclusion Architect, business owner, podcast host of Inclusive Growth Show, and author.
Join us as we discuss:
🌐 The business case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
💡 Building confidence
🚫 Addressing issues straightaway to prevent festering
🔍 Focusing on early adopters and innovators to bring about change
🎓 What could recent graduates teach your organization?
Conflict Managed is available wherever you listen to podcasts.
Toby Mildon is an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Architect and the Founder of Mildon. Having previously worked at the BBC, Deloitte and Accenture, Toby has since delivered hugely successful programs for Sony, HarperCollins, Centrica, Mitchells & Butlers, and the NHS, as well as writing ‘Inclusive Growth’, an Amazon bestseller.
With both professional and lived experience, Toby’s mission is to shape diverse and inclusive workplace environments where everyone feels welcome, empowered, and given the opportunity to thrive. Toby doesn’t just consult; he partners with organizations to create bespoke strategies that go beyond superficial initiatives. Toby truly believes in the transformative power of inclusivity to drive innovations, attract the best talent, boost employee engagement, and elevate overall business performance.

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services and hosted by Merry Brown.

🎙This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Dr. Clare Fowler, the Executive Vice-President at Mediate.com. This special episode features a discussion with Clare on her engaging and insightful new book, "Rising Above Office Conflict: A Light-Hearted Guide for the Heavy-Hearted Employee." This guide is filled with easy-to-follow advice for anyone looking to tackle workplace conflicts with a positive approach.
🎁Don't miss out on an exclusive offer for our listeners: you have the chance to receive a free signed copy of Clare’s fantastic book. Simply send an email to Merry Brown at 3pconflictrestoration@gmail.com to seize this opportunity! One name will be pulled at random from the submissions by May 1, 2024.
 
Dr. Clare Fowler was initially introduced to conflict resolution in a peer mediation course in the third grade and has been studying it since. She received her master's degree and doctorate in workplace mediation from Pepperdine University. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon School of Law and mediates workplace disputes. She is also the executive vice president at Mediate.com. She believes that people want to resolve their own conflict, they just need the right tools.
Her new book, “Rising Above Office Conflict: A Light-Hearted Guide for the Heavy-Hearted Employee,” offers step-by-step advice that empowers readers to understand and overcome the conflicts they face at work. Building on 20 years of mediating workplace disputes, Clare brings practical tools for resolving conflicts right into the employee’s hands. With a humorous and engaging approach, this book is for everyone frustrated at work.

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services.

🎙️ This week on Conflict Managed I'm delighted to host Dr. Chris Callaway on our 100th episode! 🎇
Join us as we discuss:
🤹‍♂️Communicating transferable skills
👎Downsizing
🏗Building new networks
🍀The amazing impact of good bosses
🚯When to approach a colleague about a mistake
 
Chris Callaway is the Assistant Dean for Pre-Clinical Curriculum at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He earned a Ph. D. in philosophy from Saint Louis University, and also holds degrees from Baylor University, Samford University, and Auburn University. Before joining UNE, he taught philosophy at colleges in Michigan, California, and Maine, specializing in ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of knowledge. In 2022, he left his tenured position to become a product manager at an educational technology company, before "repivoting" back to academia. In all his professional roles he has been most passionate about finding ways to help other people achieve their goals more successfully or efficiently.

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services.