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CONFLICT STRATEGY FOR LEADERS

Turn conflict into your greatest competitive advantage.

Developing high-level leaders who shine in high pressure moments.

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THE REAL PROBLEM

Soft skills are required for hard moments.

While most leadership development programs focus on building technical skills, people skills are routinely left to chance. As a result, conflict often infiltrates even the most capable boardrooms and teams.

 

That's why our programs are focused on developing the human skills, conceptual skills, and emotional intelligence that leadership requires to navigate conflict, but rarely provides.

Key Outcomes:

Communicate with the clarity and conviction that bridges divides and reduces barriers with others.

Solve problems and build agreements that hold long after the tension has passed.

Build rapport that holds under tension, so hard conversations don't fracture trust.

Deliver difficult truths with the tact that keeps people open instead of defensive.

Minimize tension to tarnish the leader's integrity, credibility, or executive presence.

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WHY CONFLICTISH

Bringing winning strategies from the interrogation room into the board room.

OUR METHODOLOGY - THE REAL TACT MODEL®

Leaders face high-pressure moments every day, but it takes more than grit to navigate them well. High-pressure moments demand skills most leaders have never been taught: the ability to stay composed when the stakes are high and the pressure is unrelenting.

 

Our field tested methodology, brings that discipline from the elite world of hostage negotiation and suspect interrogation into the boardroom. We are committed to instilling leaders with the traits necessary to address conflict strategically, consistently, and decisively, turning the moments that rattle most leaders into the ones that set them apart.

Self-Orientation

Knowing where you stand.

Knowing one's capability and capacity, what one is built to handle, and how much they have left to give.

Self-Confidence

Trusting yourself fully.

Composure and confidence under pressure, and the courage to step into difficulty and lead.

Self-Awareness

Knowing yourself clearly.

Clarity about who a leader is under pressure. Honest about their strengths and their weaknesses.

Self-Control

Managing yourself well.

The ability to do what's best in the moment, even when one isn't at their best.

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HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

Three ways to build the skills that high-pressure leadership demands.

Whether you are in need of individual coaching, executive advisory support, or solutions for your entire team or organization, we have a solution for you.

One on One, In The Arena

Coaching & Advisory Support

Solutions for anyone looking to build their conflict competency, develop the composure, clarity, and self-awareness to handle high-stakes moments.

Solutions For Teams

Training & Workshops

For  high-performance teams looking to turn conflict and communication into their greatest competitive advantage.

Scale Across Organizations

Keynote & Conference Support

Advisory support for shaping how an entire organization responds to and recovers from conflict, aligning leadership and equipping people at every level.

TAKE THE FREE ASSESSMENT

How does your conflict communication hold under pressure?

Take The Real Tact Scorecard to evaluate how your communication performs under pressure and receive your free personalized feedback today.

FOUNDER

Ryan Dunlap

Ryan founded Conflictish to solve a critical problem for high-level leaders: the inability to stay composed, think clearly, and lead effectively when the pressure is on.

A former hostage negotiator, executive leader, and pastor, Ryan is the creator of the Real Tact Model® and author of How to Untie a Balloon: A Negotiator's Guide to Avoid Popping Under Pressure. 

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