Problems: Career conflict is a major source of stress, with several circumstances unique or more prevalent for women. Add in the cultural diversity that affects women in global trade, and you have a perfect storm of what could go wrong as women embrace global opportunities presented in our current economic climate. Managing through conflict takes skills that we weren’t taught in school or through technical training.
Solution: This program will outline five common problems women face across trade, as identified by the key world trade and finance organizations, and provide Sandbox Strategies for solutions.
Penny Tremblay, author of Sandbox Strategies for the NEW Workplace, [Rowman & Littlefield 2023] shares her expertise, stories, and current research of top trends for managing conflict to help participants build productive, peaceful, and profitable relationships.
Learning Outcomes
● Understand your role in career conflict
● Knowledge of the five common problems women face across trade
● How to position yourself as a strong candidate to represent your company at meetings and in decision making processes
● Tips to approach difficult conversations and raise concerns effectively
● When to listen, when to speak up, and when to accept cultural differences for best business outcomes.
Even though dealing with conflict on an international level is something women in trade face daily, most conflict resolution is an inside job. Understanding our relationship to conflict can help us not only to move through it, but learn to embrace it. How much more productive and profitable could women entrepreneurs in world trade be with an assertive and confident approach to resolving the early onset of conflict?