Managing Director at Snowberry Consulting Ltd.

Nikki Best

Beverly Flaxington

Executive Coach and Best-Selling Author of "The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success" and "Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative"

Scott Eblin

Struggles with my manager

Itamar Goldminz

TED Speaker and Author of "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance"

Angela Duckworth

TED Speaker "Dealing with Difficult People" and Leadership Development Trainer

Jay Johnson

Scared of a difficult conversation

Address and repair tough situations with confidence

Mike Ashie

Do you have a difficult manager or coworker that you just don't know how to deal with?

How To Have a Difficult Conversation

Anthony Reo, Co-Founder of Bunch and Conflict Resolution Expert

#Uncomfortable situations

What if you disagree with the direction your boss is taking, or you have to get one of your reports back on track? You're dreading it, but you can't ignore it either!

When things get uncomfortable, it's natural to want to avoid conflict. But there are ways to address the problem without damaging relationships, while feeling confident and even learning new things. In this Sprint, an incredible lineup of experts will show you how!


#Lean into difficult conversations 

Uncomfortable situations are one of the biggest opportunities for growth. Leadership Coach and Executive Director at JP Morgan Chase Toby Sinclair offers 4 easy steps to make difficult conversations a little less scary.

#How to give performance feedback

Louie Bacaj, former Senior Director of Engineering at Walmart and now entrepreneur and CTO at Nines, gives actionable advice on how to have a productive conversation about performance results, and help your team member succeed.

#How to disagree with your boss

Toby Sinclair walks you through his steps for turning a disagreement with your boss into a trust-building moment.

#How to receive critical feedback

Dave Kline, Leadership Coach and Founder of the MGMT accelerator, has developed an 8-step framework to help you turn critical feedback into an opportunity. 

Spoiler alert: It requires you to take things personally! 

#Stop arguments in <1 min

Sometimes you need an easy way to pause an argument before it goes off the rails and starts damaging an important relationship. Pat LaDeuceur, PhD, licensed Psychotherapist and author of “Small Change, Big Results,” shares 5 small but powerful steps to halt any argument in less than one minute.  

#See the other side with SCARF

Sometimes it's hard to know why people respond the way they do! Psychologist Julie O’Sullivan explains how to defuse defensiveness and support positive responses - and what to do if you make an accidental misstep! 


#Start the conversation

This Sprint will give you so many great tools for approaching tough situations, and finding the learnings in them afterward. Let's go!


Daniel Goleman

Sharpens empathy and intelligently manages and navigates emotions on the team

TED Speaker "Why good leaders make you feel safe", Author of "Leaders Eat Last" and Host of "Bit of Optimism" Podcast

Simon Sinek

Former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix and Author of "Powerful; Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility"