The Conflict Strategist

Got conflict? If you and your team are stuck in conflict, The Conflict Strategist will get you unstuck.

Conflict happens. With a change in mindset and through better communication, conflict is a strategic business opportunity.

Thought Leader in Communication, Negotiation & Conflict Management.

Conflict Management Services as a Neutral, Mediator, Arbitrator, Coach, Trainer and Educator.

The Conflict Strategist is a Service Mark.
The Conflict Strategist is also a Registered Assumed Name for Mediation & Arbitration Forum LLC.

Principal - Business Owner

New York University

Develop and teach courses for Conflict Management, Cross-Cultural Communication, and Mediation. 

Conflict Management Techniques for the Workplace is SHRM [Society for Human Resource Management] Academically Aligned. Course is part of the Human Capital Management Certificate; and the Executive Business English & Global Communication Certificate.

Customized Learning Solutions in Negotiation for Law Students - Week-Long Training for International Students in Masters of Law Program

Adjunct Faculty Instructor

FINRA

Arbitrator for customer disputes, employment issues, contracts, and financial services.

Arbitrator

The Conflict Strategist℠ ⦁ Workplace conflict? If you are stuck in conflict, I will get you unstuck ⦁ Team Managers, HR Leaders, & Business Owners, DM to learn more ⦁ Quick Tips: Read my blog, The Strats℠

If you struggle with:
>Feeling anxious about difficult conversations
>Avoiding conflicts with your colleagues
>Being managed by a micromanager
>Hesitating to negotiate about work, deadlines, and more.

THEN count on me to help you transform your response and reframe how you communicate.

How? I will be your guide to reimagine conflict, negotiations & communication. I empower you to build a framework for success with proven strategies and techniques.

My name is Leslie Nydick, The Conflict Strategist. Let’s unlock your conflict-solving superpowers.

Why me? I was in the middle of conflict every day. I felt stuck.

I was bombarded with:
>A never-ending flow of demands from internal clients
>Complaints from user groups about shared spaces
>Missed deadlines by vendors, without any notice
>Emails that sounded like people were upset with me.

What was I doing? I was leading real estate, design, & construction in all types of industries: financial services, education, publishing, entertainment, communications, & government. 

There was something they ALL had in common: CONFLICT 

What did I do? There were a lot of attempts, fails, mishaps, AND finally, the wins. I cracked the code for managing conflicts, and I want to share it with you.

Your choice:

>The Conflict Tune-Up: a compact service with impact. We start with a survey. Then we meet, virtually or in person. I deliver an action plan. We finish with check-ins.

>Coaching or Facilitating: whether the conflict is with an individual or a team, I will lead you to a new framework of communication & resolution. 

>Customized Learning Programs: this is a great choice to be proactive before your team is stuck in conflict, or when they are struggling with a pattern of conflict.

>COMING SOON: Bootcamps & Learning Programs for individuals, teams & organizations.

What results can you expect:

Increased Productivity: Research shows that up to 50% of our time is spent managing conflict. Trade those hours of managing conflict to refocus on core responsibilities.

Happier Workplaces: Unmanaged conflict results in toxic workplaces, and people leave. If conflict is swiped away, it gets worse. When conflict is managed, relationships grow, people are happier at work, and we want to stay. 

Why me?
My clients do NOT come back, 
EXCEPT to give me updates, 
and to share referrals.

I have helped thousands transform conflict into opportunity, and I am ready to support you.

What’s next? Follow me to engage with my content or DM me with your questions.

Leslie Nydick

Todd Cherches

100 Coaches

Marshall Goldsmith, the world's #1 executive coach and leadership thinker, launched his 100 Coaches (#MG100) program to personally mentor the next generation of top executive coaches in the world. The MG100 includes leading academics, best-selling authors, corporate executives, and top executive coaches who have made the commitment to “pay it forward” by helping others to achieve positive, lasting change for themselves, their people, their teams, and their organizations. I am honored to have been selected by Marshall and to join this diverse community of amazing colleagues in service of helping business professionals around the globe to maximize their potential so as to make a positive difference in the world.

Executive Coach - Marshall Goldsmith's MG 100 Coaches

CEC Global LLC 

Associate executive coach for this top tier global coaching and leadership development firm.

Executive Coach

BigBlueGumball

Specializing in management and leadership consulting, training, and executive coaching, our current focus is on helping leaders to manage and lead in today's post-pandemic, hybrid world. Our skills-based programs range from time management and personal productivity to effective communication, feedback, performance management, presentation skills, motivation, teambuilding, and more.  

As the author of the groundbreaking book, "VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life" (published by Post Hill Press/Simon & Schuster), and as a TEDx speaker ("The Power of Visual Thinking"), our visual thinking-based approach helps our clients to see things through a new lens, and better enables them to get others to "see" what they're saying.

In addition to my "day job" as the head of BigBlueGumball, I am also a three-time award-winning Adjunct Professor of leadership at the NYU School of Professional Studies (SPS) in their Division of Programs in Business (DPB), as well as a Lecturer on leadership in various masters degree programs at Columbia University.

CEO & Cofounder; Executive Coach & Management/Leadership Consultant; Author of "VisuaLeadership"

NYU School of Professional Studies

Three-time (2016, 2018, 2020) award-winning professor.

Designed & deliver a top-rated graduate course entitled, "Leadership & Team Building (aka "Transformational Leadership & Team Building") for the School of Professional Studies (SPS), Division of Programs in Business (DPB) Human Capital Management master's degree program. 

Recognized as a thoughtleader in the area of Experiential Learning, as well as peer-to-peer faculty pedagogy observation, assessment, and coaching.

Served as program moderator for new student orientation, as well as frequent panelist, guest speaker, and workshop presenter for NYU-SHRM student chapter and the NYU Wasserman Career Center. 

Proud recipient of a 2016 NYU “Teaching Excellence Award,” presented by the NYU School of Professional Studies; a 2018 “Impact Award” presented by the NYU Center for Academic Excellence & Support (CAES); and another "Teaching Excellence Award" again in 2020.

Adjunct Associate Professor

Columbia University in the City of New York

Courses Taught:

"The Practice of Leadership" (graduate course): School of Professional Studies, Executive Master of Science in Strategic Communication program.

"Leadership for Stage Managers II: Theory and Practice" (graduate course): Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Theater program - Stage Management concentration.
 
Guest lecturer on leadership and management: Human Resources Master's program, Columbia Teachers College.

Facilitated leadership and teambuilding skills workshops for the School of Professional Studies Orientation program for over 1000 incoming Master of Science students, as well as for the Strategic Communication master's degree program.

Adjunct Professor

Liquidnet, Inc

Head of the Liquidnet Leadership Institute. Responsible for all leadership development and management training globally. Created and administered the company's Innovation Forum curriculum, and Executive Coaching program. Built and maintained the world-class Liquidnet University (LNU) Business Resource Library.

Among the key programs, seminars, and workshops designed and delivered: the flagship 6-session Liquidnet Leadership Program; PeopleWorks (people manager training); Step Up to Leadership, and Step Up to Management (new manager training); Delegation: Who's Got the Monkey; Accountability: Who Has the D; Strategic Influencing; Leading Innovation; Innovative Thinking; Mastering the Six Thinking Hats; A Paradigms-based Approach to Innovation; A Whack in the Side of the Head; Creating a Raving Fans Culture of Customer Focus; Management By Baseball (parts 1 & 2); Strategic Thinking Through Chess; Train-the-Trainer: Presentation Design & Delivery; the Harvard Business Review Club; and more.

Learning & Development: Head of the Liquidnet Leadership Institute

Dale Carnegie Training

Leadership Training for Managers (LTM); Train-the-Trainer; Presentation Skills; Coaching; Time Management.

Corporate Trainer

Centre for High Performance Development

Leadership Development, Presentation Skills, & Executive Coaching

Senior Consultant

Spire Digital

Headed New York office of this award-winning, Denver-based interactive agency. Responsible for business development and account management for local clients which included: David Letterman's Worldwide Pants, A&E/TheHistory Channel, Urban Box Office (UBO Sports), and others.

Vice President, Business Development

New York New Media Association

Co-created and served as panel moderator for a 6-part executive-level seminar program entitled, "Building a Successful New Media Business" for this Silicon Alley trade association. Worked with 24 top-name guest lecturers to co-develop presentation content, design and delivery. Acted as strategic consultant, advisor and executive coach to the new media entrepreneur course participants. Seminar topics included Business Planning, Getting Funded, Legal Decisions, Business Models, Intellectual Property, and Marketing. Presenters included key executives of leading companies such as Flatiron Partners, Kozmo, Concrete Media, Morrison & Foerster, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and others.

Consultant & Program Moderator

CEO, Leadership & Executive Coach at BigBlueGumball. TEDx speaker. Author of “VisuaLeadership.” MG 100 Coaches.

🔵 OFFICIAL BIO: Todd Cherches is the CEO and cofounder of BigBlueGumball, a NYC-based management consulting firm specializing in leadership development and executive coaching. He is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s “MG 100 Coaches”; a three-time award-winning Adjunct Professor of leadership at NYU; a Lecturer on leadership at Columbia University; a TEDx speaker; and the author of the groundbreaking book, VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life (Post Hill Press/Simon & Schuster). A pioneering thought leader in the fields of "Visual Leadership" and “Visual Coaching,” Todd was one of eight global finalists for the 2021 Thinkers50 "Distinguished Achievement Award" in Leadership, and is ranked by Thinkers360, the PowerList200, and Global Gurus as one of the Top Global Thought Leaders and Influencers in the fields of Management, Leadership, and Design Thinking. Todd's book, VisuaLeadership, was named by Soundview Executive Book Summaries as one of the "Best Business Books of 2022," and is currently being translated into Mandarin for publication in China in 2025. 

For more, please visit: www.toddcherches.com and www.bigbluegumball.com
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Over the course of his career, Todd has coached and trained thousands of business professionals in a wide and varied range of industries, companies, and functions worldwide. Prior to founding BigBlueGumball, Todd was the head of the Liquidnet Leadership Institute (part of Liquidnet University) for the industry-leading fintech firm, Liquidnet.

Todd's prior background included stints with the American Management Association; Dale Carnegie Training; and the Centre for High Performance Development. 

Previous career positions include the following industries/companies (in chronological order):  

Newspapers (Newsday); television news (NBC News); media and advertising (Ogilvy & Mather); tv production (Aaron Spelling Productions); casting (Columbia Pictures Television); comedy program development (Disney); drama program development (CBS); theme park project management (Sequoia Creative, Showscan Entertainment); and business development at an interactive agency (SpireMedia).

Todd is a proud member of the National Speakers Association, as well as a certified Vistage speaker.

Other industry affiliations include: ATD (Association for Talent Development); ICF (International Coach Federation); ODN (Organizational Development Network); SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management).

CEO & Cofounder; Executive Coach & Management/Leadership Consultant

With an expertise in leadership development, management training, and executive coaching, my focus is primarily around the areas of performance management, organizational effectiveness, communication, motivation, influencing, teambuilding, innovation, and presentation/public speaking design and delivery.

Specializing in "VisuaLeadership"(R), the application of visual thinking and visual communication to management and leadership, I train and coach business leaders on how to leverage the power of mental models, visual imagery, metaphor/analogy, and storytelling to more effectively manage and lead themselves and their people.

Over the course of my 20-plus year career, I've trained and coached thousands of employees, managers and senior-level executives at hundreds of companies in a wide variety of industries worldwide. 

I graduated magna cum laude with a Master of Arts degree in organizational and interpersonal communication from the State University of New York at Albany’s School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and am a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), the Organizational Development Network (ODN), the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and HR/NY.  

In addition to running my consulting company, I am also an award-winning Adjunct Professor at the NYU School of Professional Studies (SPS), Division of Programs in Business (DPB), where I teach a popular graduate course on "Transformational Leadership & Teambuilding” for their Human Resources Management & Development (HRMD) master's program. And I am also a Lecturer on leadership at Columbia University where I teach "The Practice of Leadership" in their School of Professional Studies Executive Master of Science in Strategic Communication program. I also write a popular blog column themed around the subject of "leadership & learning" and am a frequent keynote speaker and panelist.

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