550: How to Free Yourself from Conflict with Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler shares what to do when your attempts to resolve conflict fail.

You'll Learn:

1) The simplest way to stop conflict from overwhelming you

2) How to untangle the complex web of recurring conflict

3) The smartest thing to do when a conflict goes nowhere

About Jennifer:

Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler is founder and CEO of Alignment Strategies Group, the New York-based consulting firm that counsels CEOs and their executive teams on how to optimize organizational health and growth. Author of OPTIMAL OUTCOMES: Free Yourself from Conflict at Work, at Home, and in Life (HarperBusiness, Feb. 25, 2020), she is a keynote speaker at Fortune 500 companies, public institutions and innovative, fast-growing startups, where she inspires audiences of all kinds, including those at Google, Harvard and TEDx, and in her popular course at Columbia. A former counterterrorism research fellow with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, she is a graduate of Tufts University and holds a Ph.D. in Social-Organizational Psychology from Columbia University.

• Jennifer’s book: Optimal Outcomes: Free Yourself from Conflict at Work, at Home, and in Life
• Jennifer’s website: OptimalOutcomesBook.com

Resources mentioned in the show:

• App: Calm
• App: Insight Timer
• Personality: Dr. John Gottman
• Book: Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick by Wendy Wood
• Book: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker

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