Navigating Bureaucracy and Conflict: Professional Development Panel

Policy practitioners operate in complex social organizations comprised of diverse individuals with different interests and objectives. Shifting organizational objectives and hurdles can naturally create unneeded bureaucracy and personal conflict, making the ability to navigate bureaucracy and conflict impactful skills for policy practitioners. In this panel Mentors will be asked to share how they navigate bureaucracy in the organizations they work for, how they handle conflict that may arise with other policy practitioners, and how they utilize negotiation strategies to help achieve their objectives. The event will feature; 

• Moderator: John Burrows, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Harris Public Policy
• Sarah Boyle, Project Strategy Manager, Chicago Police Department
• Jason Gonzales, Co-Founder and Chairman, MIND + HAND
• Lauren Speigel, Former Senior Advisor for Policy and Research, Mayor's Office of Public Safety at City of Chicago
• Paul Hoffman, Manager, Guidehouse

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