The Hidden Skill Behind Great Ops Leaders: Learning to Love Conflict with Anna Lecat

About this episode

This episode explores how great ops leaders can learn to navigate and leverage conflict effectively.

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show! Conflict is part of every operation's role, but most people avoid it. However, the best operators learn how to use it to their advantage. In this episode of Ops Cast, Michael Hartmann sits down with Anna Lecat, CEO and Founder of Bridging Global and author of the upcoming book Loving Conflict, to explore why conflict is not something to eliminate, but something to understand and navigate. If you work in Marketing Ops, RevOps, or any cross-func...

People in this episode

Host: Michael Hartmann

Guest: Anna Lecat

Topics covered

• conflict management
• operations leadership
• Marketing Ops
• RevOps
• cross-functional collaboration

Keywords

• conflict
• operations
• leadership
• Marketing Ops
• RevOps
• cross-functional

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bridging Global

Books & works: Loving Conflict

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