TechWomen Power Breakfast - April 2019

Managing Conflict with Power & Presence
Speaker Judy Ringer

Whether the goal is excellent service, facilitating change, or creating a cooperative work environment, conflict often gets in the way. Most of us see conflict as negative, a perception that has a profound impact on how we manage it.

The Aiki approach presents new ways to utilize and re-direct the energy of conflict. This interactive program uses principles and techniques from Aikido, the Japanese art of reconciliation.

Emphasis is on appreciation, understanding, and working with your "opponents" instead of against them.

Objectives:

• Increased options in habitually stressful situations

• Practice in centering, listening, and managing emotions

• Helpful skills to communicate more effectively in conflict

Judy is the author of Turn Enemies Into Allies: The Art of Peace in the Workplace. She provides conflict, communication, and presentation skills training, coaching and facilitation based on mind/body principles from the martial art Aikido, in which she holds a third-degree black belt. Employing best practice communication models, Judy brings to life key concepts such as self-management under pressure and appreciation of other viewpoints. Her programs are interactive, experiential and energetic.

She is also the author of Unlikely Teachers: Finding the Hidden Gifts in Daily Conflict, and three CDs, Managing Conflict in the Workplace: An Aiki Approach, Simple Gifts: Making the Most of Life's Ki Moments, and This Little Light: The Gift of Christmas, as well as her award-winning newsletter, Ki Moments.

The breakfast will be held in the Victory Club at Wildcat Stadium, located at 155 Main Street in Durham. 

Thank you to the sponsors of the April TechWomen Power Breakfast: New England BioLabs, the University of New Hampshire and C3 Metrics.