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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

398: The Hidden Root of Much Workplace Conflict...And What to Do About It with Dr. Donna Hicks

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 6 February 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Conflict resolution expert Dr. Donna Hicks outlines the ten elements of dignity to provide a master framework for human treatment and mistreatment. She also reveals how such treatment impacts performance.   You'll Learn: How violating another’s dignity is at the root of many conflicts Four everyday indignities people suffer at work Business reasons to honor dignity in a work environment   About Donna: Dr. Donna Hicks is an Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.  She facilitated dialogues in numerous unofficial diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Libya and Syria. She was a consultant to the BBC in Northern Ireland where she co-facilitated a television series, Facing the Truth, with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.   She has taught courses in conflict resolution at Harvard, Clark, and Columbia Universities and conducts training seminars in the US and abroad on dignity leadership training and on the role dignity plays in resolving conflict.  She consults to corporations, schools, churches, and non-governmental organizations. Her book, Dignity:  It’s Essential Role in Resolving Conflict, was published by Yale University Press in 2011.  Her second book, Leading with Dignity:  How to Create a Culture That Brings Out the Best in People, was published by Yale University Press in August 2018.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep398 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

0:10.0

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money with your host, Pete McKitis.

0:18.7

Hello, thanks so much for joining us here for episode 398 with Dr. Donna

0:22.3

Ick, Donna has a world of experience

0:24.7

both from some pretty scary, dangerous conflict zones

0:28.7

as well as academic research

0:30.9

to figure out what's at the bottom of a whole lot of conflicts, what's to be done,

0:35.0

see how violating another's dignity is at the root of many conflicts,

0:39.0

two, for everyday dignity's people suffer at work and three business reasons to honor

0:44.1

dignity in the work environment. So if you want to check out the show notes, the

0:47.2

transcript or the links to items we've referenced you'll find it over at awesome

0:50.0

at your job.com slash F three nine eight. Now here's Donna's story. Dr.

0:53.9

Donne Hicks is an associate at the Weatherhead Center for International

0:57.5

Affairs at Harvard University. She's facilitated dialogues in numerous

1:01.1

unofficial diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Cambodia,

1:05.2

Colombia, Cuba, Libya, and Syria.

1:07.6

He was a consultant to the BBC in Northern Ireland where she co-facilitated a television series called

1:12.8

facing the truth with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

1:15.4

She has taught courses in conflict resolution at Harvard, Clark, and club universities

1:18.9

and conducts training seminars in the US and abroad on dignity leadership

1:22.4

training and on the role

1:23.6

dignity plays in resolving conflict. She consults to corporations, schools,

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