The Executive Fight You Keep Settling Was Built by the Company. How a CHRO Ends It for Good

About this episode

This episode discusses the recurring conflicts between executives and how they often stem from deeper issues rather than the surface disagreements.

How many times have you settled the same fight between two of your peers, only to watch it come back a month later? You do it well. Separate conversations, common ground, the temperature drops. But the fight isn't a personality clash. It's a collision the company built: two roles with no line between them, incentives pulling in opposite directions, and a decision that belongs to nobody. Every time you smooth it over, you teach both sides to bring the next one back. In this episode, Jackson ...

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Hosts: Jackson O. Lynch, Scott Morris

Topics covered

• executive conflict
• HR leadership
• mediation
• business strategy
• team dynamics

Keywords

• executive conflict
• HR
• mediation
• business leadership
• team disagreements

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