fullscreen background
Skip to main content

Spring Quarter

Spring Registration Opens Feb 23
shopping cart icon0

Courses


« Back to Professional & Personal Development

BUS 86 — The Mindful Manager: Navigating Workplace Conflict and Hard Conversations

Quarter: Spring
Instructor(s): Tiffany Teng
Duration: 5 weeks
Location: On-campus
Date(s): Apr 16—May 14
Class Recording Available: No
Class Meeting Day: Thursdays
 
Class Meeting Time: 7:00—8:50 pm (PT)
Tuition: $485
   
Refund Deadline: Apr 18
 
Unit(s): 1
   
Status: Registration opens Feb 23, 8:30 am (PT)
 
Quarter: Spring
Day: Thursdays
Duration: 5 weeks
Time: 7:00—8:50 pm (PT)
Date(s): Apr 16—May 14
Unit(s): 1
Location: On-campus
 
Tuition: $485
 
Refund Deadline: Apr 18
 
Instructor(s): Tiffany Teng
 
Recording Available: No
 
Status: Registration opens Feb 23, 8:30 am (PT)
 
 
What if you could reframe any workplace conflict, communicate more effectively in hard conversations, and resolve arguments faster while strengthening relationships with colleagues? This course is for anyone who manages people, hopes to become a manager, or wants to improve conflict and communication skills. Drawing on conflict mediation, psychology, and neurobiology, you’ll learn practical tools and frameworks—such as needs identification, the Johari window model, and de-escalation techniques—to manage workplace and interpersonal conflict, both one-on-one and in groups. We’ll build a foundational understanding of conflict, examine workplace power dynamics, and explore strategies for collaborating effectively while deepening cultural awareness. You’ll learn to create psychological safety by giving each person space to be heard and to respond, and to rescope large conflicts into smaller, manageable conversations. You will leave the course equipped with practical tools to de-escalate conflict at work, navigate challenging workplace conversations, and express your needs and expectations with clarity and purpose.

TIFFANY TENG
Product and Marketing Executive

Tiffany Teng has over 15 years of management experience in early, mid-stage, and public companies. JPMorgan Chase acquired her first startup, and she held many senior leadership roles, including executive director at Chase and VP of global sales enablement at OakNorth. She currently leads B2B product marketing and go-to-market strategy at You.com, a generative AI company. She received an MSx from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a conflict mediation certification from Santa Clara County.