Conflict Managed

This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Celeste Warren. Together we explore:

Looking out for colleagues

When to speak up and why

Setting expectations in ‘after hours’ events

When there’s a problem or conflict at work: are you losing sleep over it? Are they?

Resilience and the ability to articulate issues and problems

Expecting failure and mistakes on the path to success

Celeste’s new book, The Truth about Equity: What It Really Is, What It Isn’t and Why Everyone Wins When We Get It Right

The power of equity in conflict management

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

Celeste Warren is a visionary leader who had an impressive 28-year tenure at a global Fortune 100 company, where she rose to the esteemed position of Vice President and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. During her decade-long leadership of the Global Diversity and Inclusion Center of Excellence, Celeste implemented groundbreaking initiatives that fostered a culture of inclusivity and equity, setting new standards in the industry.

After her retirement, Celeste founded Celeste Warren Consulting, LLC, where she passionately continues her mission to reshape the landscape of diversity and inclusion. Her consulting services empower organizations to create fair and equitable opportunities for all, driving meaningful change and enhancing workplace culture.

In addition to her consulting work, Celeste, alongside her two children, established Destination STEM, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing vital resources and support to students of color and those in need pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).Throughout her illustrious career, Celeste has championed diversity, equity, and inclusion on a global scale, elevating the importance of understanding diverse cultures, perspectives, and beliefs within corporate strategies. Her visionary approach not only reshaped internal culture but also influenced the broader business landscape, empowering organizations worldwide to embrace inclusivity as a cornerstone of success.

She has recently published her second book entitled “The Truth About Equity, What It Really Is, What It Isn’t and Why Everyone Wins When We Get It Right.”

 

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 Kevin Rice. Together we explore:

Crash course in running a business

Doing a temperature check

Yeilding to colleagues’ strengths

Developing and building trust

Great executive coaching

The CEOs & ABCs podcast

Being intentionally present

Practicing how to have difficult conversations

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

 

Kevin Rice is a founder and leadership advisor who knows firsthand how much intentional planning and sustained effort it takes to create healthy, genuinely human-centered workplaces. He grew Hathway from $0 to $42M in revenue, leading more than 200 people before the company was acquired. At Bounteous, he led growth efforts for a 5,000-person global team, deepening his understanding of scaling not just processes, but the cultures and leadership systems that actually allow people to thrive, even under real pressure.

 

What makes Kevin’s insight rare is that he’s lived through high-stakes conflict and culture-building, all while navigating a major personal transition to single parenthood at the peak of a hypergrowth phase. He now advises AI-driven companies and hosts the CEOs & ABCs podcast, where thousands of professionals tune in to hear about leadership, emotional intelligence, and building workplaces that don’t drain the very people you rely on.

 

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

This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Gavin McMahon. Together we explore:

Is this a technology problem or a people issue?

Formal vs. informal practices (how it should work vs. how it does work)

Boiling down business to the most basic parts

Leadership storytelling: leadership – the choices I make; storytelling – the amplification of those choices through stories

Developing collective good habits (culture) through storytelling

Building story narratives (showing), instead of telling

‘Why it’s good’ meetings

What’s better this week than next week? Improvement by inches.

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

Gavin McMahon builds things. Once, it was submarines, sports cars, and steel plants—big, complex systems built on logic and precise plans. But plans have a funny way of falling apart when people get involved.

As Gavin tried to figure out why, one truth became clear: People don’t move without a story. Business is more than just strategy and execution—it is persuasion and inspiration too. So he switched gears, traded engineering for business, and earned an MBA in Innovation, Strategy & Information Technology from the Institute Theseus in France.

Today, as CEO and co-founder of fassforward, he helps companies shape strategy, leadership, and culture through storytelling. Over the years, he’s worked with some of the world’s biggest brands and learned that even the best ideas will go nowhere if they aren’t told well. Now, he’s written a book about it, Story Business: Why Stories Rule the World and How They Can Reinvent Your Business.

In Story Business, Gavin McMahon takes you on a journey from ancient cave paintings to billion-dollar tech unicorns, revealing how storytelling is a powerful—and undervalued—tool for driving business success.

 

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 Andre W. Thornton. Together we explore:

The gift of asking questions

Thinking through failure, and what it means

The 1440 method

What does your average perfect day look like?

O.S.E.ing

In conflict, there is always something to learn from the other person

People are likely to listen when they’ve heard

Leadership question: Why would someone volunteer to follow you?

Leaning into conflict to strengthen relationships

Andre’s new book, Disrupted

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

Andre W. Thornton is the founder and CEO of Whitman Consulting, one of the top ten leadership-development firms in the US, which helps organizations grow their people faster than their challenges.

A former engineering director at Lockheed Martin, Andre spent sixteen years leading teams on advanced aircraft programs and capturing over $1 billion in new business before discovering his true calling: developing leaders.

His book, Disrupted, introduces the two stabilizers and seven accelerators that turn chaos into growth—a framework drawn from neuroscience, engineering, and two decades of coaching experience.

Andre helps executives and teams raise their baseline, shorten recovery, and lead with clarity in times of change. He lives in Maryland with his wife, Myesha, and their two children.

 

 

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 Michelle Hamilton. Together we explore:

What does it mean to be creative? And why is creativity important?

How to help people process and thrive with the extreme fast pace of change today

Holding ‘what’s in it for you?’ conversations at work about AI technologies

Seeing new technology as a great opportunity for intergenerational dialogue and collaboration

Valuing and listening to colleagues

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

After three decades leading major transformations, Michelle Hamilton started two AI companies to close that adoption gap. That work led her to AnswerRocket, an enterprise AI firm, who recruited her to build a new global division focused on practical AI adoption and change management. Michelle’s stance is clear: measurable business outcomes only happen when leadership bridges the gulf between innovation and everyday execution.

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

 

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