Third Thursday Business Builder, February 2021

Thursday, Febrary 18 | 11:30 AM

Join us for our next Third Thursday Business Builder with TeKay Brown-Taylor, Owner and President of Brownstone Mediation Services, for a presentation on 'What Is Conflict Costing Your Organization?'

Workplace conflict comes in all shapes and sizes; work disruptions, decreased productivity, project failure, absenteeism, turnover, and termination. Most companies are reactive to the destructive forms of conflict vs proactively responding to its constructive forms not realizing the ability to effectively manage conflict can be a strategic business advantage; thereby reducing associated costs with the fallout of conflict. During her presentation, participants will better understand the effects of organizational conflict and how to assess the:

• Hidden Costs
• Risks
• Impact on Decision Quality
• Basic frameworks for managing conflict 

Guest Speaker:

TeKay Brown-Taylor, MBA, PHR, CMT, CDP is Owner and President of Brownstone Mediation Services; an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and human relations (HR) consulting firm. With more than 14+ years of successful experience facilitating behaviorally based coaching and leadership solutions, she brings an innate ability to align an organization's vision and its people to meet bottom-line objectives. TeKay is passionate about helping organizations understand and leverage human capital and diversity to create and strengthen inclusive workplace environments. TeKay holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) from the University of Missouri in Organizational Management and Behavior and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Human Resource Management from Webster University’s campus headquarters in St. Louis, MO. She’s devoted 18 years to the United States Air Force where she now serves as a personnel officer; most notably as the FL Air National Guards’ Equal Opportunity Director where she was responsible for training and education programs for almost 2,000 Airmen.

Complimentary for Chamber Members

$15.00 for Prospective Members 

Seating is limited to a maximum room capacity allowed per CDC social distancing guidelines. Due to limited space, please limit to (1) representative per company. Boxed lunches will be provided by Honey Baked Ham.