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SUMMARY:Leadership Academy: Difficult Conversations Made Easier: Conflict Resolution Strategies for Professionals
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to confidently navigate challenging discussions in the workplace with poise and effectiveness. This interactive workshop explores practical conflict resolution strategies\, emotional intelligence tools\, and proven communication techniques that empower leaders to turn difficult conversations into opportunities for growth and collaboration. Perfect for professionals ready to lead with clarity and compassion.\n\n\n \n\n\nSPEAKER: Bob Kamensky brings over 35 years of strategic operations experience to his role as CEO of Feeding San Diego. After a lengthy career in the military\, he retired from the U.S. Navy as a rear admiral. As he transitioned to the civilian side\, he gained additional experience in leadership roles at for-profit companies and in academia as an adjunct professor. Bob joined the non-profit sector in 2021 when he came on as Feeding San Diego's Chief Strategy Officer. He became CEO in 2024 with a renewed commitment to leading the organization in executing its mission to connect every hungry person with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue.  He oversees all major departments of the non-profit\, and directly engages with financial\, administrative\, human resources\, donor development\, marketing & communications and programs. \n\n\n\nIn his daily work\, he focuses on his core business principles\, which include being mission-driven\, employing servant leadership\, and practicing good stewardship of the organization's resources.
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This interactive workshop explores practical conflict resolution strategies\, emotional intelligence tools\, and proven communication techniques that empower leaders to turn difficult conversations into opportunities for growth and collaboration. 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A</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;">fter</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;"> a lengthy career</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;"> in the military\, he retired from the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;"> U.S. Navy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;"> as a rear admiral</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;">As he transitioned to the civilian side\, he gained</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;">additional</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;"> experie</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;">nce </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;">in leadership roles </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\;">at for-profit </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: transparent\; color: windowtext\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\; line-height: 17.1333px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US">companies and in academia as an adjunct professor. </span><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;"><span class="TextRun SCXW10400431 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; 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