Communication Styles: Building Stronger Relationships and Navigating Conflict
Effective communication is essential for building trust, strengthening relationships, and working effectively with others. By understanding your own communication style and learning to adapt to different personalities, backgrounds, and perspectives, you can improve collaboration, reduce misunderstandings, and navigate challenges with confidence. SWE and WEST are partnering to offer an interactive program on building stronger communication skills. The event begins with a workshop led by Rebecca Gay, where participants will explore different communication styles, gain insight into their own communication preferences, and better understand the motivations behind the styles of others. The workshop will be followed by a panel discussion featuring real workplace experiences and practical takeaways. You'll hear strategies for communicating more effectively, building stronger relationships, and navigating workplace interactions. Topics will include communicating across different styles, proactive communication, conflict and difficult conversations, and how communication evolves with leadership and influence. Panelists:
Date and Time: Location: Cost: Given our mission is to promote women's development in STEM we would like to offer a free spot in our workshops to those in transition between jobs or who cannot afford the ticket price. Please contact [email protected] if you qualify.
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Panelist Bios: Rebecca Gay is an executive coach, facilitator, and organizational consultant who works with senior leaders and organizations navigating growth, conflict, and change. She helps organizations strengthen alignment and accountability, improve cross-functional collaboration, navigate growth and change, and build cultures where accountability, trust, and collaboration coexist with real business pressure. She coaches leaders to navigate competing demands with greater clarity, steadiness, and influence—particularly when the stakes are high and the answers are not obvious. Rebecca is a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation and trained with the Co-Active Training Institute. She is certified in the Leadership Circle Profile, Predictive Index, x360, and Growth Edge Coaching through Cultivating Leadership. She holds a PhD in Social Science with a concentration in conflict resolution from Syracuse University. Juliana Soto-Giron is a Computational Biologist with over a decade of experience working across women’s health, microbiome science, and chronic inflammation. She is currently a Senior Data Scientist at dsm-firmenich, where she applies AI to translate biological insights into healthy aging products. Before joining dsm, Juliana was one of the early employees at Solarea Bio, a biotech startup, where she helped grow the company from seed stage through Series B and commercialization. She holds a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from Georgia Tech and a B.S. in Biology from Universidad del Valle.
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