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Summit 2025

Embrace Conflict | July 9-11

Summit 2025 Videos

Conversations to Remember

We will post conversations at the end of each day of the Summit. Check back to reflect on and relive each day!

Amazing conversation with Modupe - how she found the LFC and insights and examples of how she applying Embracing Conflict!

Day 2

Social Charms

Favorites and Collections

PhotoBook

Important Things

Sponsors

  • W.K. Kellogg Foundation

    Vision, humility and belief in people are the values stewarded by the Kellogg Foundation for more than 90 years. Today those values take shape in our support of community-led efforts to ensure every child and family can thrive, with access to good health care, good food, good education, good jobs and equitable opportunities.

  • Bopt, Inc.

    Bopt, Inc. is dedicated to creating innovative solutions for the window and door industry, focusing on sustainability and energy efficiency.

  • Agolix

    Agolix® is the most approachable assessment software with automated reporting. Our innovative Assessment Generator® tool is designed to help coaches, consultants, and small businesses create custom assessments, questionnaires, and quizzes.

Partners

  • UpSpiral

    We Partner With Organizations To Develop Progressive Leaders At Every Level

  • Lillylist

    LilyList is a simple-to-use online platform that preserves life stories and legacies. We bridge the gap between remembrance and true connection.

  • Adirondack Creamery

    Ice cream as it should be. Simple. Farm Fresh, Udderly Delicious. Simple: Our ice cream is based on our own old-fashioned recipe of cream, milk, sugar, and eggs. Stabilizers, emulsifiers, artificial ingredients, colors, or other additives are not used. We use simple, natural ingredients that are recognizable and can be found in home kitchens everywhere.

  • Empasta

    Founded in 2019, Empasta was born from a desire to create a delicious, planet-friendly alternative to traditional cheese. We believe that food should nourish not only the body but also the planet and community.

  • National Grid

    The National Grid Foundation supports and engages with non-profit organizations that create opportunities for the communities we serve – helping to transform individuals’ lives, neighborhoods, cities and, ultimately, our planet.

  • Silver Bay YMCA

    Silver Bay is a YMCA Conference and Family Retreat center is on Lake George in New York. The mission is to cultivate relationships, strengthen communities and nurture spirit, mind and body for all. At Silver Bay, all are welcome. The variety of perspectives enriches our community, provides a safe space for bonds to grow, and inspires people to develop their potential. Silver Bay is a unique and special place that inspires us all to positively impact the communities where we live.

  • Thrive Co-working Space

    Our dedicated and shared workspaces are designed for all types of professionals who are looking for a new way to work. A place where one can work connected, not alone—a professional, inspiring, collaborative, yet fun space. Through exciting, educational, and service-oriented events, our focus is to create irresistible work environments while encouraging and fostering a sense of community among our coworking members.

  • Parlor Gallery

    "At Parlor Gallery, we’re on a mission to transform Asbury Park into a vibrant nexus of contemporary art, As an artist-directed gallery, we’re committed to: Fostering artistic growth by providing a platform for first-time exhibitors and internationally recognized artists alike Educating and inspiring our community through diverse and thought-provoking exhibitions Energizing Asbury Park’s public spaces through collaborative art initiatives like the Wooden Walls Public Art Project, making art and art experiences a part of everyday life , ensuring that art is accessible for all. Creating opportunities for artists to engage with and be inspired by our unique “City by the Sea”."

Using Conflict as a Resource
By Margaret Seidler
Forgiveness
By Samuel Sommer
40 Things I've Learned About Change
40 Things I've Learned About Change
By Bill Jensen
Through successes and failures, over 1,000,000 surveys and interviews, and learning from amazing leaders, teammates, friends, clients, and mentors across the globe — here are the top 40 things I’ve learned about change in 40 years.
Back Roads and Better Angels
Back Roads and Better Angels
By Francis Barry
Summit provocateur, Francis Barry, Brings together two of America’s unifying loves — road trips and Abraham Lincoln — Frank Barry takes readers on a thought-provoking journey into the heart of our democracy and the soul of our country.
Resolving Conflict Within
Resolving Conflict Within
By Ralph Kilman
Part of a newsletter series to discuss the nuances of the four timeless topics for people and organizations: conflict, change, transformation, and consciousness.
Conscious Leadership Tree
Conscious Leadership Tree
By Leadership Forum Community
The Conscious Leadership Tree is an online knowledge base developed by the Leadership Forum Community with content, tools, activities, and resources for cultivating Conscious Leadership.
“Payne-ful” Business: Charleston’s Journey to Truth
“Payne-ful” Business: Charleston’s Journey to Truth
By Margaret Seidler
“Payne-ful” Business: Charleston’s Journey to Truth follows Margaret Seidler’s mission to learn and process her family’s genealogical past. Using extensive research and personal experience, Seidler discusses the realities of Charleston’s racial history while highlighting the historians, journalists, and community members who work to reconcile those truths. The book features authentic, historic slave advertisements brought to life by vivid paintings by artist John W. Jones that uncover the humanity hidden beneath the detached advertisement descriptions. Seidler hopes that acknowledging a more complete truth about our past will motivate us to bridge today’s racial divide.
Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Implementation Guidebook
Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Implementation Guidebook
By W.K. Kellogg Foundation
This revised Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Implementation Guidebook will help communities, organizations and individuals plan, implement and evaluate TRHT efforts. It includes specific guidance on implementing the different areas of the TRHT framework and ensuring inclusion of a decolonization agenda in the work. It has been updated based on learnings from the first five years of TRHT implementation.
Power Surge: Energizing Your Leadership Strengths
Power Surge: Energizing Your Leadership Strengths
By Margaret Seidler
Power Surge: Energizing Your Leadership Strengths by Margaret Seidler is a compelling leadership guide told through the story of an electric utility facing a looming hurricane, where miscommunication and one-sided perspectives lead to crisis. Blending narrative with actionable insights, Seidler shows how leaders can energize their strengths—and avoid disastrous consequences—by embracing multiple viewpoints, fostering collaboration, and confronting blind spots.
Summary video of polarity management
Summary video of polarity management
By Mlweb
Created by questionnaire design Mlweb team 2019 batch

Rebecca Braitling: Leadership Research During Covid-19

Rebecca shares her experience doing leadership research in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Charlie Walsh Talks Leadership Labs

Charlie takes time to convey how important the Leadership Lab work is, even as he recovers from heart surgery.

Susan Waterhouse Leadership Lab Experience

Susan shares her experience with leadership labs.

Anne Hunnex Leadership Lab Experience

Anne Hunnex Leadership Lab Experience

LFC Experience