On Thursday, May 27, 2021, Pollack Peacebuilding Systems hosted a peacebuilding panel discussion on a relevant topic for many organizations today: “Preventing Workplace Conflict post-COVID: The Remote to in-Person Transition.” As vaccine distribution ramps up across the world, organizational leaders find themselves in a position of deciding how the future of work at their organization...
Leila Bidad is a Workplace Consultant whose unwavering commitment to peacebuilding shines through everything that she does. As an Iranian-American immigrant, she first gained an interest and built her conflict resolution skills through community organizing as her family was adjusting to American life. While earning her dual undergraduate degrees at the University of California Irvine,...
Throughout her career, Peacebuilder Colleen Passard has focused on the role presence and consciousness play in actuating leaders, organizations, teams and individuals to live into their highest potential. Deeply inspired by the work of C.G. Jung and her own lived experience, Colleen combines psychology and the alchemy-of-being to incite peace, courageous conversations, and the WEvolution...
If you ever have a chance to speak with or read about several peacebuilders, you might realize that they come from all walks of life. Although their missions are similar in that they want to foster peace for individuals and communities, their experiences vary in many ways. You can read some of our previous peacebuilder...
PPS Peacebuilding Panel Series: “Bringing Mindfulness to Workplace Conflict: How and Why to Practice this Ancient Art” Join us for “Bringing Mindfulness to Workplace Conflict: Why and How to Practice this Ancient Art,” a panel discussion hosted by Pollack Peacebuilding Systems on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 11 am PST / 2 pm EST....
We pride ourselves on having an incredible team here at Pollack Peacebuilding Systems, and so we decided to do a spotlight blog series that will feature all of the cool things our team is up to. This story is based on an interview with Dr. Suzanne Ghais, one of our amazing peacebuilders whose strengths lie...
Pollack Peacebuilding Systems hosted a live, online panel discussion called “Tips to Prevent Workplace Conflict During Crisis” on Thursday, March 19, 2020. To register for future events, RSVP NOW: RSVP@pollackpeacebuilding.com Keep the Peace during COVID-19 Times of stress, uncertainty, and crisis can lead to interpersonal conflict and organizational disruption. Watch a Recording of the Panel...
We’ve previously written about mediation being offered for juvenile court cases, but this story takes childhood and adolescence mediation a step further. Students at a Massachusetts middle school have the option to resolve conflicts by participating in mediation led by other students at their middle school. This student-led mediation seems to be popular, with 20...
Pollack Peacebuilding Systems’ founder, Jeremy Pollack, was recently interviewed on The Ty Brown show. Here, he discussed how martial arts led him to peacebuilding, and he explained some of the most common communication breakdowns he encounters and how to solve them. Read our summary below and check out the whole interview here. Stop Hitting Yourself...
We pride ourselves on having an incredible team here at Pollack Peacebuilding Systems, and so we decided to do a spotlight blog series that will feature all of the cool things our team is up to. The first interview was with Henry Yampolsky, one of our consultants who leads a yoga and mindfulness-based peacebuilding training...
