The non-profit Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center hosts a free talk on September 17 as part of their “Finding Solutions, Growing Peace” Brown Bag Lunch Series. Talks are Third Thursdays from 12 noon to 1 pm in the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney at 655 Kilauea Avenue in Hilo.
This month’s speaker is Diane Petropulos on the topic “The Cost of Conflict: How to Calculate its Impact on Your Workplace.”
“Unmanaged conflict is the largest reducible cost in organizations today, and the least recognized,” states author Daniel Dana in Prevention and Early Resolution of Workplace Conflict.
“Learn about the financial cost of conflict and the formulas for calculating its impact in your workplace,” said Petropulos. “Consider the potential for turning destructive conflict into constructive problem-solving.”
Diane Petropulos, M.A., is a principal in ADRinACTION, offering mediation, facilitation, and training services in the areas of mediation and workplace conflict. She has developed and conducted workshops and trainings throughout Hawai‘i, and is a former lecturer at the master’s level in the Human Resource Management Program at UH-Manoa. She has mediated hundreds of court cases for Maui Mediation Services, and serves on their board.
Ku‘ikahi’s Brown Bag Lunch Series is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunch, enjoy an informal and educational talk-story session, and meet others interested in “Finding Solutions, Growing Peace.”
This lunch-and-learn series is made possible thanks in part to funding from the Atherton Family Foundation. For more information, contact Ku‘ikahi Program Coordinator Gail Takaki at 935-7844 x 9 or gail@hawaiimediation.org
