Have you encountered challenges in your workplace?
At some point in your career, it’s very likely you will. And when it does, you’ll see the signs - manipulation, bullying, yelling, micromanagement, lack of productivity, lack of trust, high-stress levels, infighting, and discrimination. But what can you do about it? How can you make your workplace more transparent, nurturing, and inclusive, and open the conversation around managing difficult situations to everyone?
I share several demonstrative strategies to reframe these difficult situations and improve the workplace environment, so everyone can feel psychologically safe.
Discover techniques and supportive solutions to help you (and others) become “unstuck”, and move the organizational culture forward to success.
Podcast of Dr. Andrew Campbell - 10 Mar 2023
Dr Bob Turner, Founder of Leadership Trust, speaks with Dr Andrew Campbell about today's greatest leadership challenges in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment, as well as Dark Leadership. Dr Campbell compares the aimless life to a rudderless ship and speaks of forgiveness as a leadership competence in the work setting and his TedX. If you have ears--listen in!
Dr Andrew Campbell Talks
Keynote Presentation: Strategies for Navigating a Challenging Work Environment. A powerful approach to managing difficult and dysfunctional situations
According to the 2021 Workplace Bullying Institute, over 76.3 million Americans in the workforce have either experienced or been affected by workplace bullying. While 43% of remote workers are bullied. As a result, companies are experiencing high turnover rates, organizational conflict, and low morale and productivity. If a workplace is toxic, it’s a direct representation of leadership and its ineffective methods of leading.
In this keynote presentation, I share the leadership challenge of transforming an unhealthy work environment into an organization of individual, team, and strategic leaders and high performers.
1. Describe the 7 characteristics of a toxic workplace.
2. Understand 4 principles of power politics and their impact on organizational culture.
3. Describe 4 tactics for dealing with and surviving a negative boss.
4. Discover 3 ways to recover from an unhealthy work environment
Conflict Management as an Organizational Leadership Competence -- Workshop
According to the Center for Creative Leadership, over 85% of leaders experience conflict on a regular basis. Organizational conflict in and of itself is not really the problem. It is how leaders handle conflict and disagreements that matter. On the one hand, healthy conflict can lead to innovative ideas, increase creative energy, and seeks to resolve complaints from employees. On the other hand, antagonistic conflict can build walls between people, create a toxic organizational culture, and make it difficult to get work done.
In this workshop, the following will be discussed:
1. Describe the 4 organizational leadership conflict styles
2. Understand 5 communication methods for resolving conflict, disagreements, and complaints
3. Describe 5 types of workplace conflict and how to handle them
4. Identify 10 principles of conflict management as a leadership competence
5. Discover 5 methods of resolving organizational conflict as a leader
The Challenge of Leading the Next Generation in the 21st Century and Beyond
We live in a world of rapid geo-political and socio-economic change spawned by technological innovation, driven by economic inequality, and divided by ideological discourse. Still, the interconnectedness of globalization and technological innovation has irrevocably changed the organizational and operational environment. Rapid change within the global political context and marketplace produces complex and uncertain outcomes that impact the operations among transnational corporations. The world has become more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) within the political, educational, and economic environment. The biggest leadership challenge facing the business environment today is not only how to lead in an unpredictable environment but also navigate an organization when experiencing unanticipated events. National and business leaders are in uncharted waters, and traditional leadership
approaches need to change and adapt in this new environment.
The following will be discussed:
1. The evolution of leadership practices in a in this new environment
2. Mitigating the impact of toxic leaders in a VUCA context
3. The challenge of developing tomorrow’s leaders (tactical, operational, strategic)
4. An innovative organizational leadership framework as character-based leaders
About Dr Andrew Campbell
Dr. Andrew Campbell is the Director of the International Peace and Leadership Institute and the Global Leadership Training Institute which provides emerging leadership research on peace leadership development and leadership development and education programs for international, national, and non-governmental organizations.
During his career as a senior military officer, Dr. Campbell worked for the Department of Defense specializing in global experiences in strategic planning and execution, organizational crisis leadership, leading organizations in uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environments, and national strategies for learning and leadership development for senior leaders. He is a Global Goodwill Ambassador and was inducted into the 2024 Marquis Who Who of America.
Dr. Campbell holds a Doctorate of Global Leadership from the Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne, IN. and a Master of Diplomacy in International Conflict Management from Norwich University. As an adjunct instructor, at Yale University, Air Force Global Center for Professional Military Education, Norwich University, and the US Office of Professional Management at the Federal Executive Institute. He is Ken Blanchard Situational Leadership and Global DISc certified.
Dr. Campbell is a recognized national and International speaker on character-based leadership, NeuroLeadership, leading change, toxic leadership, and organizational conflict management and resolution. He is widely published in national, and international journals. His recently published book, Chaos is a Gift: Leading Oneself in Uncertain and Complex Environments (2020), examines the challenges of organizational leadership during times of crisis, unpredictability, and ambiguity. His other books include Peace Leadership: Self-Transformation toward Peace (2019) exploring the intersection of leadership practice as well as conflict management and Global Leadership Initiatives for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding (2018).
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Published Books
"Greetings to All, I am honored to share some impressions of Dr. Andrew Campbell, a man who embodies the virtues of principle, character, and nobility. From our initial virtual interaction, I recognized a kindred spirit, despite our different trajectories. We share a common mission, and it was an enriching experience to exchange ideas and perspectives with him. Dr. Campbell's profound wisdom, comprehensive understanding of leadership dynamics, and practical application, particularly in these trying times, are exceptional. His guidance could steer your leadership team and organization to unprecedented heights. His credentials extend beyond his impressive education and his veteran status; he has an intuitive understanding of the world we inhabit today. If you desire transformational leadership insights, I highly recommend that you arrange a meeting with Dr. Campbell, whether in-person or virtually. His professional approach is backed by a guarantee of quality, and I assure you, the conversation will leave you enlightened and inspired. Warm Regards,
Stephen Underwood, Global Peacemaker, U-CAN Global Consultancy Group, LLC "
