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Part 2: The New Leadership Challenge - How to Stay Compassionate When You’re the Punching Bag
De-escalation, Boundaries, and Leadership on the Front Lines When the Frustration Isn’t Really About You After weeks of receiving...

Ariana Friedlander
May 293 min read
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Part 1: The New Leadership Challenge - When the Wrong Inbox Gets the Right Lesson
What a Case of Mistaken Identity Revealed About Communication in Crisis At the start of this year, I found myself dealing with a very...

Ariana Friedlander
May 222 min read
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How to recognize when fear takes over - leadership lessons from parenting
Recently, I found myself observing a familiar scene—parents and children navigating big emotions in the wild. And in witnessing this...

Ariana Friedlander
May 162 min read
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When Mediation Feels Like Failure — And Why It’s Actually a Radical Act of Leadership
Let’s face it—conflict at work is uncomfortable. Whether it’s a simmering tension in a team meeting or a full-blown misunderstanding...

Ariana Friedlander
Apr 244 min read
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Asserting Boundaries When Tested - Lessons from a 10 year old
My daughter has a friend who consistently illustrates just how hard it can be to hold a boundary. Recently, she told me about a...

Ariana Friedlander
Apr 34 min read
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What if he isn't lying?
The other day, I witnessed an unsettling scene - an older child physically assaulted another, while a third stood nearby. Later, when...

Ariana Friedlander
Nov 27, 20243 min read
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