In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie chat about how important it is for people to know how to receive feedback in a good way from their teammates and employees. Everyone can learn to cultivate how they receive feedback, it’s not a set-in-stone kind of thing. Feedback is just how other people see a specific topic or situation; as a skill, one can always work to improve it. They also share what an emotional trigger is and how beneficial it is to learn how to handle them, for which they give tools you can use. There are three emotional triggers that Susan and CrisMarie talk about in-depth during the conversation: identity, truth, and relationship triggers.

For the full transcript, show notes, and resources, visit us at https://www.thriveinc.com/post/the-executive-skill-nobody-talks-about

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie discuss “High Conflict - Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out”, a book by Amanda Ripley. In high conflict, people believe they’re righteous, make negative assumptions about those with different positions, and believe that the only acceptable solution is a total victory. It’s not healthy and there are no winners. After having read the book, Susan talks with CrisMarie about how it navigates different stories and characters to explore high conflict and tools to get out of it like investigating the conflict’s understory, avoiding binary situations, finding common ground, and marginalizing fire starters.

For the full transcript, show notes, and resources, visit us at https://www.thriveinc.com/post/high-conflict-why-we-get-trapped-and-how-we-get-out

Susan and CrisMarie discuss how many people avoid using their emotions at work in this episode of The Beauty of Conflict. Nobody taught anyone how to deal with emotions, especially during formative years like high school or college. Managing emotions is a life-long process because it is also a journey of self-discovery. CrisMarie and Susan divide this topic of understanding behaviors through a fine line: above it for the response, below it for reacting. Being aware of which behaviors we always go into is fundamental to personal and professional growth. 

For the full transcript, show notes, and resources, visit us at https://www.thriveinc.com/post/above-and-below-the-line

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, we talk about a concept you might have heard before but directly link it to something else. CrisMarie and Susan share their thoughts on intimacy and Into-Me-See. The latter refers to the quality of being present and aware of ourselves as a whole - not only our head, heart, or body - and our relationship with another person. Listen to this episode to find tips on becoming more intimate with yourself before creating a common ground with your team.

For the full transcript, show notes, and resources, visit us at https://www.thriveinc.com/post/into-me-see-leadership

In this Beauty of Conflict episode, Susan and CrisMarie discuss the dichotomy between being productive and creative. Productive leaders are more task-oriented and logic-focused, while creative leaders are more strategic thinkers and open to the big picture. Our brains cannot do both at the same time, so, being aware of these two modes may be helpful to increase not only productivity but engagement between teams.

Tune in to find tips on recognizing which is your dominant type and see if you can change from one to the other in your daily activities!

For the full transcript, show notes, and resources, visit us at https://www.thriveinc.com/post/are-you-productive-or-creative

In today’s episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie chat about the Yellowstone Effect, the importance of community. There is great power in community and belonging to one, and this extrapolates to work, teams, and company culture. CrisMarie and Susan share some activities and past tactics used with some and by some clients that may help you. If you’re a team leader, this episode will be perfect for you to bring together your employees and solve the challenges you might be facing around culture!

For the full transcript, show notes, and resources, visit us at https://www.thriveinc.com/post/the-yellowstone-effect

Have you ever asked yourself how you deal with failure? Do you tolerate it, or do you handle it nicely? In today’s episode of the Beauty of Conflict, CrisMarie and Susan discuss a recent experience they had with a client whose new team members had a “reward according to performance” mentality, while the founder is more inclined to appreciate the process and to learn regarding the experience, even if they failed. All of this is part of your organization’s culture and how people understand company values and our own egos. 

If you are an organization’s leader, we hope you find this episode helpful or make you think twice about the culture you’re driving inside your team.

For the full transcript, show notes, and resources, visit us at https://www.thriveinc.com/post/the-goal-is-not-the-point

How do you recognize that your brain is always triggered and ready to protect you? Today’s episode of The Beauty of Conflict is about breaking that behavior, habit, or pattern. CrisMarie shares how she’s been doing this through a Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS) and explains how these habits are created, stored and repeated in our brains. 

We hope this episode is helpful and valuable to you in being aware of your habits and how they affect your life and relationships.

For the full transcript, show notes, and resources, visit us at https://www.thriveinc.com/post/breaking-the-habit-of-being-me

In business, you need to be smart and healthy, balancing these two. CrisMarie and Susan share one of the development models they’ve designed for one of their intensive workshops with leaders and organizations. This model tries to bring out the healthy part into leadership, directing, organizing, and smartly managing employees. They also share their Heart-Backbone axis model that explains leaders approach different situations.

We hope it helps you become a better employer and team member!

For the full transcript, show notes, and resources, visit us at https://www.thriveinc.com/post/learning-to-lead-using-backbone-and-heart

There is a price to pay and a pain to be felt when it comes to objectification.

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie discuss how this can affect your life at work, and in your personal relationships. Objectification is the process of dehumanizing someone, and turning them into a material object, or as close as it can get. It happens with a lot of professions, especially parents and doctors, and when it comes to relationships, it’s a double-way street. Listen to this episode and see if you are going through this process too; we hope our thoughts help you!

For the full transcript, show notes, and resources, visit us at https://www.thriveinc.com/post/the-price-of-objectification