More than one person in a room and you have the potential for conflict. Smart leaders proactively take steps to reduce the chances and plan processes to resolve them when they arise.

Look out! With more people back in the office and bringing new opinions formed in their basement closet office nooks, there is room for conflict. How you deal with it as a leader will have a significant impact on how people feel about their workplace, and perform their tasks.

How do we maintain a culture of respect and inclusion when we work at a distance using emails, texts, messaging, and Zoom? How will we manage the mixed work cultures of the home and the office building? Let's start with the basics and build from there.

Can one person make a difference in the office? I'm betting on you and your team! Here are some practical tips to create a positive, engaged, and productive workplace.

Episode 59 - With Your Host Phil Eastwood

Are you silent when you need to speak, and noisy when you need to listen? Difficult conversations are a skillset you must embrace in Leadership. Let me give you some useful tips.

You have the secret sauce to a happier workplace! It is a choice you make every day on the way to work. What you talk about, focus on, and celebrate will determine the energy you feel towards the work and the people who work there. Phil discusses the benefits of a positive thinking habit.

Change is the course of nature. Nothing stays the same from one minute to the next. Oftentimes the conflicts we fear are really a knock on the door to your next opportunity. Phil offers indicators of conflict and some valuable resolution tips.

Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile record and made living history. Like all great accomplishments, it took a team of people to create the conditions for success. Phil discusses the benefits of having accountability partners in your work.

Small steps, done every day, create big strides. You don't have to do it all, and you don't have to do it fast. You simply need to act in the direction of your dreams EVERY DAY to create the groundswell to your success. Phil discusses the 3 Engines of Greatness and how they apply to you.

Dreams – those illusive imaginings never come true unless we take steps in the real world to make it happen. Phil has a "secret garden" analogy that reveals his fears and how he overcame them to step into his dream.