Do Something Different: A Leadership Podcast
Do Something Different is a podcast for high-achievers who want to grow their impact. Each week, former Apple executive Rusty Gaillard helps you build the skillset and mindset to break free from the conventional corporate leadership model and create meaningful, lasting impact for your company, your team, and your career. Come away empowered and inspired to put these simple, practical leadership tools to use: share your honest opinion, give candid feedback, delegate effectively while maintaining high standards, and take back control of your schedule.
Do Something Different: A Leadership Podcast
Why the Best Leaders Don't Resolve Conflict at Work
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Stop trying to resolve conflict at work. When you do, it costs you promotions, hurts your career, and shows weak leadership skills.
Of course workplace conflict is frustrating, and it can feel personal, political, and exhausting. Often times, the harder you work to resolve it, the more stuck you feel.
The truth is, the higher you rise, the more conflict you face. Competing agendas, ambiguous decisions, no clean answers. That's not dysfunction — that's what leadership at senior levels actually looks like. But if you're approaching conflict the way most professionals do, there's a ceiling on your career.
You might recognize:
* Surface-level support in meetings, backroom resistance everywhere else
* Taking pressure from people with more organizational or political leverage
* That feeling of there's nothing I can do about it
* Busy trying to fix things and not making real progress
If conflict resolution advice has never quite worked for you, this video explains why.
Rusty Gaillard is an executive coach, helping mid-level corporate leaders create more career success while working less and enjoying it more. That's real freedom.
Get more leadership tips to grow your skillset and mindset at rustygaillard.com, and follow Rusty on LinkedIn.
