About This Event
Session Description
The past few years have been marked by increasing conflict, polarization, and fragmentation across social and organizational contexts. These dynamics show up not only across ideological differences, but also within communities and institutions where individuals share core values and commitments. Even among leaders deeply aligned around equity and justice, conflict over strategy, language, urgency, and accountability has become more frequent and more difficult to navigate in ways that sustain trust and collective work.
This session invites JustLead alumni to strengthen their capacity to lead through conflict without escalating harm, collapsing relationships, or disengaging from collective work. Grounded in the concept of workable unity, participants will explore conflict not as failure, but as vital information and opportunity —revealing where systems and relationships are misaligned, how power and identity shape experience, and what must be addressed to support healthier, more effective collective work.
Participants will be introduced to a practical framework for distinguishing between destructive conflict that fractures teams, coalitions, and institutions, and constructive conflict that can be held, metabolized, and moved through in ways that build trust and long-term capacity. Through guided reflection and brief applied practice, the session will focus on how leaders can respond to divisive moments by slowing escalation, creating clarity, and providing enough structure and containment to keep people engaged without silencing disagreement.
This session is designed to offer shared language, leadership orientation, and initial practice for navigating conflict in equity-focused spaces—supporting sustainable engagement during times of deep disagreement.
Key Objectives:
- Reframe conflict as a natural and ongoing part of collective work rather than a leadership failure
- Identify key differences between conflict that escalates harm and conflict that can be held constructively
- Recognize how power, identity, fear, and urgency shape conflict dynamics in equity-focused spaces
- Apply at least one leadership practice that supports workable unity during divisive moments
This session supports JustLead’s Equity Training Series goals of strengthening leadership capacity, coalition building, and sustainable engagement in complex and rapidly changing contexts.
We are offering 1.5 CLE credits for this session. If you’d like to receive CLE credit, please select a package option that includes “CLE” in the name.
Note: Please add this event to your calendar. You will receive a zoom invitation closer to the date of the event. |
About This Event
Session Description
The past few years have been marked by increasing conflict, polarization, and fragmentation across social and organizational contexts. These dynamics show up not only across ideological differences, but also within communities and institutions where individuals share core values and commitments. Even among leaders deeply aligned around equity and justice, conflict over strategy, language, urgency, and accountability has become more frequent and more difficult to navigate in ways that sustain trust and collective work.
This session invites JustLead alumni to strengthen their capacity to lead through conflict without escalating harm, collapsing relationships, or disengaging from collective work. Grounded in the concept of workable unity, participants will explore conflict not as failure, but as vital information and opportunity —revealing where systems and relationships are misaligned, how power and identity shape experience, and what must be addressed to support healthier, more effective collective work.
Participants will be introduced to a practical framework for distinguishing between destructive conflict that fractures teams, coalitions, and institutions, and constructive conflict that can be held, metabolized, and moved through in ways that build trust and long-term capacity. Through guided reflection and brief applied practice, the session will focus on how leaders can respond to divisive moments by slowing escalation, creating clarity, and providing enough structure and containment to keep people engaged without silencing disagreement.
This session is designed to offer shared language, leadership orientation, and initial practice for navigating conflict in equity-focused spaces—supporting sustainable engagement during times of deep disagreement.
Key Objectives:
- Reframe conflict as a natural and ongoing part of collective work rather than a leadership failure
- Identify key differences between conflict that escalates harm and conflict that can be held constructively
- Recognize how power, identity, fear, and urgency shape conflict dynamics in equity-focused spaces
- Apply at least one leadership practice that supports workable unity during divisive moments
This session supports JustLead’s Equity Training Series goals of strengthening leadership capacity, coalition building, and sustainable engagement in complex and rapidly changing contexts.
We are offering 1.5 CLE credits for this session. If you’d like to receive CLE credit, please select a package option that includes “CLE” in the name.
Note: Please add this event to your calendar. You will receive a zoom invitation closer to the date of the event. |