The 5 Principles for Bridging the Connection Divide | Valerie Mrak

The Courage of a Leader

It’s Powerful Collaboration for Extraordinary Results week!

My guest today on The Courage of a Leader podcast is Valerie Mrak. We delved into 5 principles to bridge any communication divide, including generational gaps, functional silos, and conflicts. With each principle, we highlighted the specific significance in creating productive partnerships and transforming exhausted relationships.

Valerie is clearly committed to, passionate about, and experienced in helping people transform conflict. She enables teams and individuals to go from inaction and fighting to action and resourceful collaboration.

This is not an episode to miss!

About the Guest:

Valerie Mrak is a conflict transformation specialist, who takes exhausted, frustrated relationships and helps her clients transform them into productive partnerships. She empowers teams and individuals to move from inaction and infighting to action and creative collaboration.

She is a TEDx and international speaker, award-winning filmmaker and leadership coach who has empowered thousands across the globe to transform their business and personal relationships through creating mutual possibility. A bestselling author, Valerie has been featured on podcasts, radio and in publications such as the Chicago Tribune, and has more than a dozen years’ experience coaching, speaking and training.

Her clients have included AT&T, The National Park Service, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Rotary International and PBS. She is most proud of her work with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and several other Nobel Peace Prize Winners.

The best way to reach Valerie is through this Calendly link https://calendly.com/mrakulous

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results.

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

• The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy
• The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration
• The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community
• The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/

Resources mentioned in the podcast

The Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

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Teaser for next episode

Stay tuned for our next guest podcast episode – The Uncertainty Advantage: Counter-Intuitive Secrets of Parallel Problem-Solving and Powerful Purpose – with Michael Gardon, a 3-time entrepreneur and the creator of The Break Community on Careercloud.com where he is guiding a 14,000+ strong community to break through work barriers and live purposefully.