The Mindset of Aikido for Managing Conflict with Kit Tankhiwale
How do you manage and de-escalate conflict in the workplace and throughout your life? Have you ever thought of moving in harmony with your attacker? In today’s episode, I talk with Kit Tankhiwale about his expertise in Aikido, a Japanese martial art that is known as the art of peace.
Kit Tankhiwale is a skilled professional with over 15 years of innovative engineering experience. By striking the right balance between new technologies, best practices, and people development, Kit has delivered cutting edge products throughout his career. Kit's approach to product development focuses on both strong planning and continuous monitoring to identify and mitigate risks early, delighting both customers and key stakeholders alike.
Finding balance is critical to success, both personally and professionally. Kit's passion is Aikido, a peaceful and effective martial art which focuses on resolving conflicts without the need to cause undue harm.
Listen in to today’s episode to hear how he implements the skills learned from Aikido into the workplace.
3:09 Introduction to Kit and a bit about him.
4:07 How Kit began Aikido
6:46 Managing Conflict: Blend, Redirect, Release
12:06 Reframing the way you view conflict
13:14 The idea of Ego within martial arts
14:58 How to integrate the principles of Aikido into the workplace
16:54 Do you want to be right or do you want the right answer?
19:00 Strategies for those in leadership
22:42 Helping underperforming employees - The 5 Whys
24:16 How Kit handles being triggered within conflict
26:26 Best practices for de-escalation
29:46 What would your first Aikido class look like?
32:42 The spiritual elements of Aikido
33:44 Kit shares a real life example of integrating Aikido during conflict when he was a bodyguard
36:41 Kit’s daily practices
38:40 The impact Kit hopes to make in the world
40:21 Kit’s struggles and current growth goals
41:59 The perspective of Mastery
Resources Mentioned:
The 5 Whys: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_5W.htm
Connect with Kit:
http://www.coachingwithkit.com
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