Steve Joiner is the Dean of the College of Leadership and Public Service and Managing Director of the Institute for Conflict Management at Lipscomb University. Steve serves as Professor of Conflict Management. At Lipscomb, he teaches or has taught courses in Organizational Conflict, Conflict Systems Design, Religious Conflict and Negotiation. Steve is a respected consultant and trainer leading interventions and seminars nationally and internationally, including Brazil, Germany, Guatemala, Australia, Kenya, Canada and South Korea. He has lead seminars addressing managing difficulty in industry, health care, education, religious, public policy, for-profit, and not-for- profit settings. Over 250 business, governmental, not for profit and religious entities have engaged Joiner’s services to address complex and difficult moments in their organizations.