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Segment 1 starting at 0:00 with Justin Jones-Fosu.

Let’s face it, we live in a divided world. This happens in business and our personal life.  Staying in our own bubble isn’t the solution. So how do you have these difficult conversations.

When Justin Jones-Fosu is not summiting life’s metaphorical mountains, he’s literally trekking around world, whether on Mt Kilimanjaro, Patagonia, camping out in the Grand Canyon, or navigating the ancient steps of Machu Picchu. Author of books that are more like treks through the human spirit, his latest, “I Respectfully Disagree: How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World”.

We discussed:

  • What are respectful disagreements?
  • Are these really possible in a divided world?
  • How can we strengthen our communication muscle to have challenging conversations in the workplace without dehumanizing individuals.
  • The 5 Pillars of Bridging the Divide.

Kelly Campbell on the Small Business Radio Show

Segment 2 starting at 19:01 with Kelly Campbell.

Unresolved trauma can affect your leadership style and your company bottom line. Kelly L. Campbell inspires responsibility in leaders across the globe. As a trauma-informed leadership coach, they empower self-aware visionaries to correlate their past wounds to their leadership style They are the author of “Heal to Lead”, a radical new book on transforming trauma into innate leadership power.

What we discussed:

How unresolved trauma could be impacting your work and organization’s bottom line

▪ What trauma means in the context of leadership

▪ How Kelly’s own trauma influenced their leadership style

▪ How to distinguish between honesty and emotional dumping in the workplace

▪ How to combat the epidemic of not-enoughness as a leader

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