Conflict Managed

This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Dr. Robyn Short. Together we explore:

What is the goal at work?

Building resilience to navigate conflict well

Why navigating conflict is hard

Intentionally designing workplace systems

What do you have authority to change, and what can you advocate for?

Understanding the system you work within

Patriarchal systems organize around power over and dominance, while matriarchal systems organize around power with and collaboration

Robyn’s new book, The Matriarch Effect: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Organizations, and the New Logic of Power

Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @ 3pconflictrestoration

Dr. Robyn Short is the founder of Workplace Peace Institute, an organizational systems design and research firm on a mission to create highly engaged workplaces where dignity is consistently honored and experienced. A mediator, peacebuilding trainer, and systems design consultant, she helps companies and nonprofits uncover the root causes of their conflicts and build cultures where dignity is embedded in how the work gets done. She is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and a graduate of Margaret Wheatley's Warriors for the Human Spirit. The author of five books and founder of GoodMedia Press, Dr. Short holds a Doctor of Liberal Studies in peace studies and systems design and has taught in graduate conflict resolution programs at Southern Methodist University, Bay Path University, and Texas A&M University at Commerce.

 

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

 

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Bernardo Ruiz. Together we explore:

Courage to try something new

Moving past the “bootstraps” myth to see and help each other

Working to make money

The community of work

Owning our part in workplace culture

Recognizing past harm while moving forward

Conflict as a gift

Giving people the resources they need to succeed

Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @ 3pconflictrestoration.

Bernardo Ruiz has spent more than twenty-five years helping organizations change what they believe about themselves. As CEO of Bridging International Consulting Collective, he works with foundations, companies, and governments across fifteen countries on questions of race, culture, and leadership. He is also a Curandero, a Medicine Man in the Mexica tradition, who cares for his community through sacred plant medicine, ancestral recovery ceremonies, and limpias. His work joins two things most institutions keep apart: rigorous organizational science and ancestral wisdom. He is at work on a trilogy that carries the same conviction — that the world heals when these two ways of knowing stop competing and start speaking to each other.

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

 

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Kathy Coffey Solberg. Together we explore:

Incremental action and rebuilding trust

Channeling the energy of leaders who love change

Preparing for difficult conversations

Why it’s always personal to the person

The role of preparation in creating and implementing systems

“What do we agree on?” as a path toward fruitful progress

Finding neutral ground instead of common ground

Keeping conversations going instead of shutting people down

The challenges and opportunities of middle management

Kathy’s new book, Reweaving What Matters: Practical Tools for Workplace Transformation

Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @ 3pconflictrestoration.

Kathy Coffey Solberg is an author, community weaver, experienced consultant, executive director, and systems thinker with a demonstrated history of empowering others through professional and personal leadership development, civic engagement, and a deeper understanding of how to navigate communication and workplace systems to create greater efficiency. She is the author of Reweaving What Matters: Practical Tools for Workplace Transformation.

Her expertise spans leadership, philanthropy, human systems design, collective governance, and organizational development. Kathy specializes in guiding individuals to harness their strengths and supporting organizations in fostering collaboration, adaptability, and impact.

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

 

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Kristi Ellingsworth. Together we explore:

Engaging and empathizing with those who don’t get what they want

Creativity and generosity

The willingness to be uncomfortable with people in conflict

Sharing your calm with others

Leadership energy

Curious vs judgmental mindset

Taking pauses throughout the day to self-regulate

Being generous with compliments

Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @3pconflictrestoration

Kristi Ellingsworth is the Director of Hospitality at Dartcor Enterprises. Her work centers on employee experience, leadership development, emotional intelligence, and creating workplace cultures where people feel genuinely supported and connected. What makes her perspective especially unique is that she didn't come up through traditional HR—she spent more than a decade in fine dining, including nearly seven years as Maitre d' at Nobu Hospitality, where she managed VIP guest relationships, trained front-of-house teams, and navigated the constant demands of high-pressure hospitality environments.

Today, she brings those same hospitality principles into the workplace, helping leaders think differently about communication, conflict, trust, and psychological safety. She also previously hosted her own wellness podcast, The Alternative Podcast with Kristi Ellingsworth, where she interviewed experts on mindset, mindfulness, and personal growth.

Kristi’s philosophy is simple: the employee experience is the first customer experience.

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

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Maria Colacurcio. Together we explore:

Empathy for the messenger

The power in having a humanities based education

The specific results of being curious

Clarity in pay transparency and the ability to explain pay decisions

Cognitive surrender and AI

‘Running at’ conflict

Giving clear feedback

What does leadership cost you?

Change agility vs change management

Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @3pconflictrestoration

Maria Colacurcio is reshaping how enterprises govern their largest and most consequential investment: how they pay their people. As CEO of Syndio, she leads the company that defined the market for pay equity software and is now pioneering Decision Intelligence for Pay. Under her leadership, Syndio partners with global brands including Walmart, Microsoft, and Salesforce to make every pay decision compliant, optimized, and aligned with business strategy. Maria previously co-founded Smartsheet, which went public in 2018. She has built her career at the intersection of technology, policy, and purpose-driven leadership, earning recognition as one of the 100 most exceptional entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs Builders + Innovators Summit.

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

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