ILR Alumni Association Career Transition Initiative Series
Navigating Workplace Conflicts
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 | Noon - 1 p.m. EDT | Zoom Webinar
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Conflicts inevitably arise at work. What strategies and techniques can we use to productively resolve office disputes? Our speakers from Cornell ILR's pre-eminent Martin and Laurie Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution will explore frameworks for understanding conflict in the workplace and share a diagnostic approach to preparing to address it.
The ILR School is shaping the world of work and is here for your career journey. Throughout May, join the ILR Alumni Association for webinars featuring ILR alumni and staff experts. Save the date and register for:
May 14 (noon EDT) - Build Your Strengths and Find Your Flow
May 21 (noon EDT) - Managing Mental Health at Work
This event is open to all alumni and brought to you by Cornell Alumni Career Programs and the ILR Alumni Association. Questions? Contact us.
Speakers:
Sally Klingel
Sally Klingel serves as the Executive Director of the Martin and Laurie Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, the latest part of her wide-reaching, 35+ year career at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She brings her breadth of experience to the role, which includes overseeing key operational aspects of the Institute.
Prior to this appointment, Klingel served as the Director of Labor-Management Relations Programs, where she designed and taught public, customized, and online programs on workplace conflict management processes, collective bargaining, negotiation techniques, and labor-management partnerships. Her impact as an educator and consultant spans many constituencies, from undergraduate students to labor and management groups nationwide. She has also conducted research on collective bargaining, labor-management partnerships, and conflict resolution processes and authored numerous articles, monographs, and book chapters on innovations in labor-management relations. Klingel holds a M.S. in Organizational Behavior from the ILR School and a B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Liz Davis-Frost ’20 CALS, MPA ’22
Liz Davis-Frost is a mediator, coach, and question-asker. With backgrounds in conflict studies, public administration, and communication, Liz’s approach to her work is inherently interdisciplinary and innovative. Currently, this takes shape in her position as a Mediation and Training Extension Associate in the Martin and Laurie Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Her primary responsibilities are co-teaching the Campus Mediation Practicum courses and developing conflict coaching for constituencies across campus — but her work is intentionally wide-reaching and open-ended as she engages with partners within and outside of Cornell.
Since arriving in 2016, Liz has championed Cornell toward fulfilling its potential as an undergraduate and graduate student, then as a member of the Board of Trustees, and now as staff. In that time, she has leveraged her expertise in a range of roles — including serving on the Public Safety Advisory Committee, coordinating the Undergraduate Student Leadership Council for the Student and Campus Life unit, and supporting the Restorative Practices Professional Learning Group. These experiences have shaped her commitment to restorative justice, constituent investment, and accessible community-building.
Liz is a creative and a collaborator by nature, and she relishes in thinking about new opportunities outside the box. Equipping people with the ability to better navigate challenges, engage with other perspectives, and think critically is a big part of her work. Liz brings levity and joy to her spaces, with a commitment to learning from all parts of her life — like work and play — and seeing them as connected.
Liz holds a Master of Public Administration, concentrating in Social Policy with a focus on higher education; and a Bachelor of Science in Communication, with minors in Inequality Studies and Law & Society.