Live Greatly How to Have Tough Conversations at Work | Conflict Consultant Anna Lecat, Author of Loving Conflict
In this episode of the Live Greatly Podcast, Kristel Bauer sits down with conflict consultant and author Anna Lecat to explore how to have tough conversations in a way that strengthens relationships instead of damaging them.
If you've ever avoided a difficult conversation, struggled with anger in the workplace, or defaulted to sarcasm or passive-aggressive behavior, this conversation is for you.
Anna shares practical strategies to help leaders and professionals navigate conflict with clarity, emotional intelligence, and confidence. Together, Kristel and Anna unpack why passive-aggressiveness is not the answer, what's really behind sarcasm, and how to approach conflict as an opportunity for collaboration rather than division.
Whether you're leading a team, managing workplace dynamics, or simply looking to improve your communication skills, this episode delivers actionable insights to help you handle difficult conversations more effectively.
Tune in now to learn how to transform conflict into connection.
Key Takeaways From This Episode:-
Why learning how to have tough conversations is essential for leadership and workplace success
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Practical strategies for navigating anger in professional settings
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Why passive-aggressive behavior is not the answer
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What sarcasm often signals beneath the surface
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How to approach conflict in a way that strengthens relationships
ABOUT ANNA LECAT:
Anna is an international entrepreneur, intimacy and conflict consultant, and the author of Loving Conflict: Creating Collaboration Where Others See Division. Anna was born in Ukraine, shaped by life across China and the United States, and she now lives in France with her family. Anna speaks five languages, including fluent Mandarin. Her work exists at the intersection of connection, communication, and what happens to us when relationships get hard.
For more than twenty-five years, she has led companies, built multicultural teams, and worked with leaders, partners, and families who want to move beyond reactive conflict and toward deeper collaboration. Her approach blends what she's learned with embodied practices inspired by tango, where every movement begins with listening. In this listening, relationships change.
Connect with Anna Lecat:Website: https://annalecat.com/
Order Anna's book, Loving Conflict: https://annalecat.com/book/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-lecat/
About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer:
Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the award-winning author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Kristel's healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel's keynotes provide insights to "Live Greatly" while promoting leadership development and team building.
Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. Kristel has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank and many more. Kristel's work has been featured in Forbes and she has had multiple TV appearances including NBC News Daily, ABC News Live, FOX Weather, ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago and more. Kristel lives in the Chicago, IL area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide.
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