Shrinking Elephants

<p class=ql-align-center><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Conflict </em></strong><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is an opportunity. Use it wisely and you will unlock value in you your team and your organisation.</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Conflict</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>exists in every organisation</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Sometimes very obviously. Sometimes quietly. Very few love it. If you are frustrated with yourself for not stepping in; with others for not playing ball; with the politics that get in the way of getting results; with the clearly dysfunctional teams; then this book is for you. A companion to Mentally at Work but also </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>a stand-alone book it takes the science of our brains and the reality of the workplace and gives you practical tools to more effectively navigate the elephant in the room to decrease conflict. </strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In reading this book you will:</span></p><ol><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Learn how to identify the elephants that are blocking </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>effective problem solving.</strong></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Start to </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>understand the underlying unconscious reactions and blind spots</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> that are at the heart of growing elephants.</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Build confidence in elephant shrinking that helps you </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>learn about yourself build trust-based relationships and stop wasted energy in your organisation.</strong></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Know how to </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>look after your mental health </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and that of others through louder conflict issues coming out the better for it.</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Scale elephant shrinking in your team.</span></li></ol><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>We live in a complicated world that needs more elephant shrinkers. Start learning to become one today! </span></p><p>This book is <strong>targeted at people in leadership roles</strong>. It helps them to better understand how they influence workplace culture<strong> </strong>and how they can create psychological safety at work through how they lead. It helps leaders to become caring scientists using intentional actions to influence the brain chemicals in the people they work with to untangle conflict and in doing so unlock value in themselves their team and their organisation.</p>