Conflict Lab Intensive
Intensive Participant
“This was the best one-day workshop I’ve ever been part of. The combination of engaging mini-lectures followed by real-world activities helped me really absorb the information and directly apply it to conflicts that I'm facing in the real world. My cofounder and I were able to strategize how to best handle complex conversations and conflict, making us even more efficient and effective! Highly recommend!!”
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We offer a few options:
Customized workshops within companies and organizations
One-day conflict intensives with mixed groups of participants from different organizations
Organization / culture consulting around conflict resolution
Please reach out to us if you’re interested!
About the Intensive
Facing a conflict in your professional or personal life? Maybe you’re feeling some tension with someone, avoiding a tough conversation, or are just flat out angry and not sure how to proceed.
Join our Conflict Lab Intensive, where we provide tools to help you through YOUR conflicts. This is an opportunity to reframe conflict as an opportunity to build trust rather than something to be avoided.
This is a one-day, hands-on workshop based on the UC Berkeley MBA course Conflict Lab featured in The Wall Street Journal. Taught by Francesca LeBaron and Bree Jenkins, we’ve distilled the “greatest hits” of the 10-week curriculum into a powerful one-day experience.
During our time together, you’ll learn frameworks based on Non-Violent Communication and we’ll roleplay scenarios relevant to you. Examples of the kinds of conflicts we explore:
Giving feedback to a high-performing but difficult colleague, direct report, or family member
Navigating power dynamics with your manager or a friend
Setting boundaries in your personal life or at work
Managing underperformance or team tension
What’s included?
1-hour pre-workshop zoom to meet other participants
One-day in-person workshop (with breakfast, lunch, & snacks)
1-hour post-zoom workshop for additional practice
1 personal coaching session with Bree or Francesca ($300 value)
By the end of this workshop, you’ll:
Handle conflict with more skill, confidence, and. composure
Clarify your goals, intentions, and motivations in high-stakes conversations
Apply research-backed strategies for managing conflict effectively
Practice challenging conversations in a supportive, low-risk environment
Better understand your relationship with conflict and conflict style
Meet Your Facilitators
At UC Berkeley, Bree and Francesca are experiential educators who teach a course aimed at empowering Haas participants to navigate difficult conversations in the workplace based on role-playing real world examples of workplace conflict. Their course has been featured on NPR: Marketplace, The Wall Street Journal, and Poets & Quants. The Conflict Lab course is part of the Center for Social Sector Leadership at UC Berkeley.
Bree Jenkins is the former Manager of Leadership Development at Pixar Animation Studios where she designed and facilitated classes and workshops on Leading Inclusively, Effective Communication, the Value of Feedback, Navigating Difficult Conversations, and the Art of Listening.
Her educational background includes a BS in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from UC Berkeley – Haas School of Business. She is a certified coach through the Institute for Coaching Innovation.
