conflict resolution

How (and Why) Conflicting Goals Is a Good Thing

In recent years, best-selling books like Essentialism and The One Thing have suggested focusing on one goal at a time to powerfully achieve your goals—one by one. Their ethos has been life-changing for many people, including me. For example, I relied on this way of working to write and launch my book, Optimal Outcomes. From […]

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How to Avoid the Swirl in Any Organization

Swirl: noun / whirling confusion As we approach the end of the year, scrambling to get work done before the holidays—while working remotely in the midst of a pandemic—may cause more swirl than usual. While it might be hard to define exactly what swirl is, you know it when you see it. You’re trying to

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Watch the TEDx Talk: Free Yourself When Conflict Resolution Fails

Dear friends, The 8-minute TEDx Talk I gave a few weeks ago has just been released: Free Yourself When Conflict Resolution Fails I tell the story of how I freed myself from a deeply personal conflict with my mom using 3 of the practices I’ve taught Columbia students and senior organizational leaders for a decade,

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