Seven Kinds of Silence
You know the moment. Two people at the table start to disagree, and everyone else goes quiet. It happens at family dinners. It happens in boardrooms. It happens around friends on a Saturday night. And the people who have gone quiet are doing a great deal of work, even...
What if conflict isn’t the problem – but avoiding it is? Book4guys with Chris Clinard
Youtube Apple Music Spotify Chris Clinard: I recently recorded a podcast with a CEO who was in Sweden, and you’re in Paris, right? Anna Lecat: Correct. Chris Clinard: This has become an international week of interviews for me. Anna Lecat: Exactly. It’s great. Chris...
Translate Cross-Cultural Conflict into Competitive Advantage with Bruce Eckfeldt and Wendy Pease
Youtube Bruce Eckfeldt: Welcome, everyone. I’m Bruce Eckfeldt, your host and moderator. Today’s topic is how to translate cross-cultural conflict into competitive advantage. It’s an especially relevant conversation given the global dynamics we’re navigating right now....
The Small Door
“The children can go straight in. The adults will use the small door.” The clown at the entrance said this with a completely straight face, and my three kids ran past me into the garden before I could ask a single question. Let me back up. An hour east of Paris, on...
Every Conversation We Avoid Becomes the Culture We Live With Positivity Hack Delivered
Youtube Jamila Barroa: Anna, thank you so much for joining us today. To start, where in the world are you today? Anna Lecat: Thank you for having me. I’m in Paris, France. Jamila Barroa: Anna, you write that a team isn’t truly inclusive if people feel they have to...
When Belonging Costs You a Friend
“It was too uncomfortable to not have the feeling of belonging to her family.” Alice told me this during one of my Loving Conflict workshops. She was explaining why she had stopped asking questions, and why a friendship that had carried her through the hardest year of...
The Loudest Fight in the Quietest Marriage
“This story is yet to be written,” he told me. He was talking about his marriage. I had asked him the question I often ask in my work: can you stay connected to someone you deeply disagree with on fundamental values? He took a long time before...
Conflict Isn’t the Problem – Mindset Mastery Moments with Dr. Alisa Whyte
Youtube Spotify Apple Dr. Alisa Whyte: Most people don’t actually have a communication problem. They have a relationship-with-conflict problem. What if the very thing you have been avoiding in your life, the tension, the disagreement, the uncomfortable conversations,...