Former Harvard Professors’ Secrets to Conflict Resolution

Feb 3, 2025

Join negotiation expert Robert Bordone and neurologist Joel Salinas as they unveil powerful strategies to make conflict your superpower. They discuss the dangers of avoiding conflict and how embracing discomfort can lead to deeper connections. Learn to rewire your threat response for calm negotiations and turn disputes into opportunities. With practical techniques for personal growth and resilience, these insights challenge you to transform conflicts into stepping stones for stronger relationships and success.

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INSIGHT

Shifting Attitudes Toward Conflict

Robert Bordone noticed a shift in students' attitudes towards conflict around 2015.
Students showed increasing resistance to engaging with differing viewpoints, impacting classroom discussions.

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Conflict Avoidance and Loneliness

Conflict avoidance is increasing, contributing to societal loneliness and isolation.
This avoidance hinders connection, as conflict is essential for building relationships.

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Contributing Factors to Conflict Avoidance

Technology and cultural shifts contribute to conflict avoidance.
Escaping discomfort is easier, but it hinders problem-solving and growth.

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On this episode of the Selling With Love Podcast, Harvard negotiation legend Robert Bordone and neurologist Joel Salinas drop science-backed strategies to transform conflict into your greatest superpower. Discover why cancel culture and “agree to disagree” are secretly sabotaging your relationships, business deals, and brain health. Learn how to rewire your threat response, negotiate high-stakes conversations without losing your cool, and turn heated disagreements into unexpected opportunities. Whether you’re struggling with team conflicts, client objections, or family tensions, this episode delivers actionable frameworks from their groundbreaking book Conflict Resilience. Stop losing deals (and sleep) to avoidant behavior – watch now to become the calmest, most persuasive person in any room.

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🎙️Guest’s Bio

Dr. Robert Bordone is a globally renowned negotiation expert, former Harvard Law School professor, and founder of The Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program. Co-author of Designing Systems and Processes for Managing Disputes, he’s trained leaders worldwide in conflict resolution.

Dr. Joel Salinas is a Harvard-trained behavioral neurologist, NYU clinical scientist, and social connection researcher blending neuroscience with practical empathy strategies. Together, they co-authored Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up or Giving In, merging cutting-edge science with actionable frameworks to help individuals and organizations thrive through disagreement. Both bring decades of academic rigor and real-world impact to redefine how we engage with conflict.

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👂Listen out for:

The 5 F’s of conflict response: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn, Fester
Why “agree to disagree” destroys relationships long-term
Neuroscience hack: Rewire your brain’s threat response in real-time
Helicopter parenting’s hidden impact on adult conflict skills
Sales secret: Turn “no” into bigger opportunities using curiosity

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🎁Bonus:

Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up or Giving In https://www.amazon.com/Conflict-Resilience-Robert-Bordone/dp/0063278332

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