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Spring 2025 - PDU | Conflict Through Connection

Session Details

Time:
Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 5:20PM - 6:20PM
Location:
San Marcos San Marcos
Instructor:
  • Kate Fly Career Counselor, McCoy College of Business
Registration:
6 / 55 registered

Topic Details

Topic:
Spring 2025 - PDU | Conflict Through Connection
Description:

1 PDU Credit
Speaker Dr. Carol Wheeler
Topic description:
Conflict is often seen as something to be avoided or eliminated, especially within organizations where harmony and efficiency are prized. However, avoiding conflict can result in missed opportunities for growth, innovation, and deeper team collaboration. Instead of running from conflict, great leaders know how to embrace and leverage it to propel their teams and organizations forward.
In this powerful keynote, Dr. Carol Wheeler offers a fresh perspective on conflict, transforming it from something negative into a catalyst for positive change. By redefining how we think about and respond to conflict, you’ll learn how to turn disagreements into opportunities for new ideas, innovation, and stronger team dynamics. This keynote provides specific, actionable strategies that leaders can implement immediately to shift their relationship with conflict and unlock its hidden potential.
Conflict is inevitable in any organization, but how leaders handle it determines whether it will become a source of frustration or a springboard for progress. Many leaders miss out on the benefits of conflict because they either ignore it or try to suppress it. Dr. Wheeler’s keynote offers a game-changing perspective, showing leaders how to embrace conflict in a way that fosters innovation, creativity, and stronger teams. By learning to see conflict as an opportunity, your team can reach new heights of collaboration and productivity.

Speaker Bio:
Dr. Carol Wheeler is a professional speaker for corporate events, webinars, and workshops specializing in topics on leadership, culture, and engagement. Dr. Carol makes leaders' lives easier by increasing the productivity, morale, collaboration and retention of their team. Her engaging and thought-provoking speaking style combines with proven ideas and action steps to help organizations end rifts between departments, and create sustainable communication patterns that increase their employees’ happiness and help the organization reach its goals.

Duration:
60 minutes
Department:
McCoy College of Business - Graduate Programs