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Creating a Culture of Sanity: How to Reduce Workplace Conflict and Stress

When we experience frustration in the workplace, most of us react automatically in ways that damage cohesion and collaboration. By learning simple steps to short-circuit these destructive behaviors we can shift our responses to ones that develop mutual respect and restore sanity for ourselves and our organizations.

Ann MacDonald is the Director Training and Development at Winona Health where she has had the opportunity to share the Three Good Things practice.  Ann has a broad background in education and non-profit leadership. She served for seventeen years at Winona State University in a variety of positions including the Director of Educational Improvement and Leadership and Director of Alumni Relations.  She has also held positions at the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, the Volunteer Center of Dallas and in the international educational organization Up With People. She holds a Master’s degree in Training and Development from Winona State, a Bachelor’s of Science in Education from Truman State University and is certified in a number of leadership and professional development programs including Crucial Conversations.   She currently serves as the Visit Winona board chair. She is married to Winona State Music Professor Rich MacDonald and has two children and two grandchildren.