Conflict and Board Dynamics with Dr Brett Mann and Steven Moe

Dr Brett Mann joins Steven Moe in a conversation we need to have about conflict and board dynamics.  Brett will share his perspective as an educator and communication skills trainer and draw on his experience with governance to explain connection points as we cover: 

- What do Chairs and all those on Boards need to consider when it comes to conflict?  

- What role does our personal history around past conflict play in this?  

- Is conflict ‘bad’ or can it help unlock new ways of thinking?   

- ‘Rules of engagement’ to manage conflict

- How to address three common, often unspoken, ‘minor conflicts’ to improve board dynamics. 

This session will be of particular interest to Board Chairs but will be relevant to anyone in governance and also management too.

Biography of Dr Brett Mann

Brett is a medical educator and recently finished forty years as a general practitioner. He had a central role in the design of  the New Zealand general practitioner communication skills training programme. This included introducing training on ‘dealing with conflict.’ which, for the last eighteen years, has been an important part of the programme. He has given many seminars to doctors and provided many hours of one to one and group training  in this area. 

Dr Brett Mann, medical educator and visiting lecturer Otago University Medical School . 
MB. ChB. FRNZCGP. MGP(dist)