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  • Taking Care During Conflict: A Trauma-Informed Approach

    Articles, Books and Podcasts: Marris, W. (2025): Trauma informed Workplaces. Campaign for Trauma Informed Policy and Practice​ How to manage trauma : The National Council for Mental Well Being​ Manning, Katharine. “ We Need Trauma-Informed Workplaces .” Harvard Business Review, 31 Mar. 2022​ The Empathetic Workplace: 5 Steps to a Compassionate, Calm, and Confident Response to Trauma On the Job...
  • Owning our Impact: Restorative Accountability and Repair

    Articles: The Four Parts of Accountability & How To Give A Genuine Apology by Mia Mingus, 2019 Responsibility vs. Accountability: Responsibility is task based: ​ Who has a certain role ​ What that role entails ​ What the role requires a person to do to be successful ​ Tasks can be: ​ Outlined in our job descriptions ​ Agreed upon in collaboration with others ​ Assigned to us in a directive ​...
  • Navigating Difficult Conversations

    What Makes Conversations Difficult? Topic Differing perspectives Emotions Blame/shame Defensiveness Shutting down Debate vs. Dialogue Key Elements of Debate: “Might is right” Oppositional Defensive Primary goal is being right and highlighting the flaws in the other’s opinion/argument Key Elements of Dialogue Collaborative Exploration Reflection & Introspection Primary goal is growing together...

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