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Ep. 63. What Leaders Get Wrong About Conflict: The Underlying Problem of Performance Issues with Deepa Pulipati
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In this episode of the TroopHR Podcast, Host Taylor Bradley welcomes Deepa Pulipati, Executive Advisor, Conflict & Change Management, Tula Advisory.
Deepa spent years as a licensed marriage and family therapist mediating child custody disputes in San Francisco Superior Court before moving into executive coaching. She defines coaching as creating the conditions for people to solve their own problems, and she is direct with leaders about it. She holds the container, they do the work.
Taylor and Deepa get into conflict competency, why most performance and culture problems are conflict problems in disguise, and the process she runs when two leaders cannot work together. She walks through what those sessions look like and the three outcomes she sees, including the one where someone leaves and both sides are better for it.
They also cover why HR teams struggle to mediate internally, and how governance and process can quietly undercut psychological safety.
Mentioned in the Episode:
• Tula Advisory – www.tulacoach.com
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Credits
TroopHR Founder: Tracy Avin
Show Producer: Nicole Fealey
Show Host: Taylor Bradley
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