Alongside my leadership coaching & consulting, I teach predominantly, business development & account management teams within advertising agencies & media owners how to harness the power of inverted conflict to propel their careers, teams and organisations to higher performance.
You see, when properly understood, conflict is good’ because instead of getting in the way, 'Conflict Becomes The Way' to greater creativity, collaboration, innovation, chesiveness and growth.
My Background
For over 20 years I was an industry-leading Group Account Director & Head of Strategic Account Management working with brand-name advertisers and their agencies.
Throughout, I was fortunate to be recognised with multiple Fortune 500 & FTSE 100 ‘Distinguished Achievement’ & CEO ‘Outstanding Business Contribution' awards for breaking new business, client retention & growth records.
None of these achievements came without their challenges however and as someone responsible for bringing people and resources together to accomplish industry-leading results, there was one single area of focus that I believe, set us apart from our peers and competitors. Namely; our proactive approach to embracing and proactively managing conflict.
You see, most people have a typically fearful or confused attitude towards conflict and they don’t grasp the fact that this approach undermines personal, team and business performance... and, because they fear and avoid the very subject of conflict, much of the damage goes unnoticed but costly nonetheless.
A proactive approach to conflict, however, becomes a catalyst that accelerates individuals, teams and organisations to higher performance, exceptional growth and fulfilled potential. It...
- Makes 'uncomfortable' conversations 'comfortable & powerfully constructive'
- Brings ‘warring parties’ together and turns potential ‘battle fields’ into ‘fields of collaboration & cohesiveness’
- Takes the ‘sting’ out of emotionally charged situations so people engage in calm & constructive debate
- Brings order to chaos, clarity to confusion and higher-level intelligence to low-level thinking
- Encourages the focus on ‘what’s good’ for the team and business over ‘what’s good’ for one and not for another
When people positively invite and engage in unfiltered, constructive debate around differences of opinion, opposing styles or methodologies, ideas flow and innovation occurs whereas ‘unrecognised or unresolved conflict' results in missed opportunities for growth.
If you're based in the UK, Florida & East Coast USA and would like my help, please get in touch using the link below or email me directly at reecepye@reecepye.com
