De-Escalating Faculty Meetings explores how faculty meetings can either strengthen departmental collaboration or become sources of conflict and division when tensions run high. In a 30-minute video, Diana Kardia shares practical strategies for keeping meetings productive, preventing unhelpful escalations, and encouraging meaningful participation from a wide range of perspectives.
Navigating Conflict in Discussions reframes conflict as a fertile source of insight in group discussion and deliberation rather than something to avoid. This asynchronous course offers concrete strategies for approaching conflict through "slow thought" situational analysis, applied self-awareness, and conscious response, improving your contributions to meetings, teams, and committee work.