About This Event
This training will equip participants with the awareness, skills, and tools needed to navigate conflict with clarity and compassion while actively cultivating trust within their teams, organizations, and communities.
In today’s high-pressure and rapidly changing environments, many leaders find themselves navigating increasing tension—across teams, with stakeholders, and within communities. Left unaddressed, these tensions can erode trust, fragment relationships, and pull energy away from mission-critical work. Yet conflict, when approached with intention and skill, can become a powerful catalyst for connection, innovation, and alignment. Leaders play a critical role not in forcing trust, but in creating the conditions where it can be built, maintained, and repaired over time.
This interactive, experiential workshop invites leaders to explore the inner and interpersonal dynamics that shape how they show up in moments of stress and conflict. Participants will engage in reflection, dialogue, and practice to build somatic awareness, strengthen communication patterns, and deepen their capacity for relational leadership. By grounding learning in real-world scenarios, leaders will leave with practical tools and personalized strategies to foster trust, navigate conflict constructively, and sustain healthy, high-functioning teams.
- Date/Time: July 8th, 2026 - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Location: Granite Innovations, 1100 W St. Germain St., St. Cloud, MN 56301
- Cost: $35 for in-region, $100 for out of region.
Catered lunch provided!
Learning objectives:
- Increased capacity to regulate stress responses and remain grounded in high-stakes interactions.
- Greater confidence in navigating conflict with reduced escalation and stronger relational outcomes.
- Practical tools and language frameworks to build, maintain, and repair trust.
- A personalized action plan to apply trust-building and conflict navigation strategies in real-world contexts.
Presenter: Hallie Pond of Truespace Consulting. Hallie is the founder of Truespace Consulting, a mediator and conflict resiliency trainer with 15+ years of experience across retail, nonprofits, and tech.
The Initiative Foundation’s Nonprofit Academy trainings are part of the Foundation’s mission to serve the people of Central Minnesota. Organizations located outside our 14-county and two Native nation service area are welcome to register at the out-of-region rate.
Cancellation policy: Cancellations requested with more than 72 hours' notice before the start date will receive a refund of the registration fee minus any applicable credit card processing fees. Refunds will not be issued for no-shows or cancellations made within 72 hours of the event. The Initiative Foundation reserves the right to postpone, reschedule, or cancel at any time. In the unlikely event that we must cancel, a full refund will be issued. The Initiative Foundation will send a cancellation notification to the email address provided at the time of registration. Please be sure you enter your email address accurately and check your email regularly.
Photo Acknowledgement: The Initiative Foundation may take photographs or recordings of events, trainings, and workshops we sponsor. By attending Initiative Foundation-sponsored events, all participants agree that the Initiative Foundation has permission to take photos and/or recordings and that the Initiative Foundation has an irrevocable right to use these photos and recordings for publicity, advertising, social media posts, and any and all other uses. By attending this event you are releasing the Initiative Foundation from any and all claims relating to the use of your image for any reason. If you wish to be excluded from recording/photography, please email info@ifound.org and identify yourself and the training you will attend. We will work to accommodate reasonable requests.
The Initiative Foundation makes every effort to provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) and Minnesota State Board Policy 1B.4. Members of the general public who require accommodations to attend a public event should complete this form at least 10 business days prior to an event when practical.
About This Event
This training will equip participants with the awareness, skills, and tools needed to navigate conflict with clarity and compassion while actively cultivating trust within their teams, organizations, and communities.
In today’s high-pressure and rapidly changing environments, many leaders find themselves navigating increasing tension—across teams, with stakeholders, and within communities. Left unaddressed, these tensions can erode trust, fragment relationships, and pull energy away from mission-critical work. Yet conflict, when approached with intention and skill, can become a powerful catalyst for connection, innovation, and alignment. Leaders play a critical role not in forcing trust, but in creating the conditions where it can be built, maintained, and repaired over time.
This interactive, experiential workshop invites leaders to explore the inner and interpersonal dynamics that shape how they show up in moments of stress and conflict. Participants will engage in reflection, dialogue, and practice to build somatic awareness, strengthen communication patterns, and deepen their capacity for relational leadership. By grounding learning in real-world scenarios, leaders will leave with practical tools and personalized strategies to foster trust, navigate conflict constructively, and sustain healthy, high-functioning teams.
- Date/Time: July 8th, 2026 - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Location: Granite Innovations, 1100 W St. Germain St., St. Cloud, MN 56301
- Cost: $35 for in-region, $100 for out of region.
Catered lunch provided!
Learning objectives:
- Increased capacity to regulate stress responses and remain grounded in high-stakes interactions.
- Greater confidence in navigating conflict with reduced escalation and stronger relational outcomes.
- Practical tools and language frameworks to build, maintain, and repair trust.
- A personalized action plan to apply trust-building and conflict navigation strategies in real-world contexts.
Presenter: Hallie Pond of Truespace Consulting. Hallie is the founder of Truespace Consulting, a mediator and conflict resiliency trainer with 15+ years of experience across retail, nonprofits, and tech.
The Initiative Foundation’s Nonprofit Academy trainings are part of the Foundation’s mission to serve the people of Central Minnesota. Organizations located outside our 14-county and two Native nation service area are welcome to register at the out-of-region rate.
Cancellation policy: Cancellations requested with more than 72 hours' notice before the start date will receive a refund of the registration fee minus any applicable credit card processing fees. Refunds will not be issued for no-shows or cancellations made within 72 hours of the event. The Initiative Foundation reserves the right to postpone, reschedule, or cancel at any time. In the unlikely event that we must cancel, a full refund will be issued. The Initiative Foundation will send a cancellation notification to the email address provided at the time of registration. Please be sure you enter your email address accurately and check your email regularly.
Photo Acknowledgement: The Initiative Foundation may take photographs or recordings of events, trainings, and workshops we sponsor. By attending Initiative Foundation-sponsored events, all participants agree that the Initiative Foundation has permission to take photos and/or recordings and that the Initiative Foundation has an irrevocable right to use these photos and recordings for publicity, advertising, social media posts, and any and all other uses. By attending this event you are releasing the Initiative Foundation from any and all claims relating to the use of your image for any reason. If you wish to be excluded from recording/photography, please email info@ifound.org and identify yourself and the training you will attend. We will work to accommodate reasonable requests.
The Initiative Foundation makes every effort to provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) and Minnesota State Board Policy 1B.4. Members of the general public who require accommodations to attend a public event should complete this form at least 10 business days prior to an event when practical.