Fall Semester 2019 - 2020

Sunday, January 26th

(workshop, 4:00 – 6:00 PM)

Instructor: Dr. Susan Bernstein

Location: Multi-Purpose Room

Prerequisite: None

CEU: 0.6

Course Description:

Conflict is inevitable in organizations and in life. But what about the nasty, damaging behaviors that can accompany disagreements and disputes? Those are actually optional. You have the power within you to shift out of conflicts and into collaborative relationships in both your personal and professional life.

When you attend this workshop, you will explore the three key roles we unconsciously play that create unnecessary drama; identify how these roles have impacted power dynamics throughout our lives; experiment with each of the three roles in conflict dramas to get an inner sense of the roles, needs, and unexpressed power; practice how to diagnose what’s happening in a conflict and discover how to rapidly remedy the situation; discover an approach to conflict that empowers everyone to achieve collaborative “power with,” rather than “power over; “define strategies for transforming the interpersonal dynamics in your own environment.

Dr. Susan Bernstein supports people to shift into increasingly higher levels of satisfaction and success in their lives. She blends deep psychological insights with innovative tools and processes to guide individuals to make meaningful, lasting shifts in both personal and professional arenas. She earned an MBA at UC Berkeley and a PhD in Somatic Psychology from the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. Susan’s thought leadership has been featured in many publications.

She held demanding leadership roles at companies including Franklin-Covey, Intel, and Accenture. She has presented the Conflict Shift workshop to organizations like Abbott Labs, Pacific Gas & Electric, and the HR West Conference. At Campus of Life you will get hands-on, high-energy experiential training with chances to interact and apply what you learn to your own challenging situations.