Achieving a Win-Win in managing conflict and difficult conversations in the workplace

By Judith Akoth Years back, I had a fallout with a colleague. She frequently came to me with complaints and overwhelmed me with negative comments about what others thought of our department. Even after I advised her to channel this information to our supervisor, that fell on deaf ears. Eventually, I felt overwhelmed and decided […]

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She Was Drowning, But Everyone Kept Clapping

In June 2022, something scary happened during the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary. A young woman named Anita Álvarez was performing in an artistic swimming event. This kind of swimming is like dancing underwater to music. Anita had practiced for many years and was very good at it. That day, she gave a beautiful […]

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