May 23, 2022
Conflict is part of life. It is unavoidable and often uncomfortable. It is also necessary. Conflict always creates an opportunity for reflection and growth. I’ll preface my introduction by saying that while this episode is incredibly valuable for anyone and everyone, pay special attention if you are part of a family business. Dr. Stacy Feiner is a psychologist and business consultant who brings over 30 years of combined experience in psychology, human nature and family dynamics to her work. The insight she brings into this episode is both extremely powerful and easily attainable and digestible. We talk about how to improve self, family and business through conflict and take a look at the predispositions all humans have that affect the way we handle stress and conflict. If you are someone who is ready to dive deep and really uplevel your life, this may be an episode you want to come back to again and again.
What You Will Learn:
- Why conflict and tension are necessary for growth
- How to recognize your own narrow thinking in high stress situations
- The art of de-escalation
- The difference between being self-protective and being defensive and why that’s important
- Strategies to build empathy
- What to do in family relationships when resolution is not always possible
- What it means to neutralize conflict and when that is necessary
- The qualities to look for in a great advisor for growth
- How emotional maturity affects your overall quality of life
- The predispositions we are all born with and how they affect us long-term
- Dynamics within organizations and how to understand them to create collaborative success
- How and why conflict happens in family business and what to do about it
Dr. Stacy Feiner is a nationally recognized innovative psychologist known for leveling-up the output of business owners and the complex systems they lead. Dr. Feiner tackles emotionally-charged situations and solves them quickly with a process that brings business owners back into alignment with their ecosystem; a welcome change from conventional approaches that can devastate families and drain wealth. Dr. Feiner expertly uses science and experience to ensure leaders achieve excellence in all aspects of life. Orienting clients toward growth, Stacy designed CLIMB|24, a vibrant interdisciplinary coaching process that shows owners how to integrate and lead multiple interdependent systems toward their desired future. Dr. Feiner offers this new approach for optimizing the performance all over the country. She authored, Talent Mindset: The business owner's guide to building bench strength, and her second book is on the way.
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