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Badass Leaders Podcast: Brave Hearts, Brave Conversations, Badass LeadersKaren Valencic: The Physics of Conflict from a Black Belt EngineerWhat if mastering conflict could bring you more freedom, not friction? In this episode, Angela sits down with Karen Valencic—engineer, Aikido black belt, and author of Spiral Impact: The Power to Get It Done with Grace—to talk about why most of us misunderstand conflict and how to flip it into connection. Karen unpacks the difference between force and power, shares why confrontation is rarely the answer, and explains how a screw and a spiral can teach you more about leadership than a business degree ever will. From childhood survival roles to executive boardrooms, this conversation rewires how we t...
2025-07-301h 31
Lead Like a WomanMaster Conflict So It Works for YouKaren Valencic is the Founder of Spiral Impact, where she blends physics and martial arts to manage conflict and enhance performance. With over 30 years of experience in the martial art Aikido, she created the Spiral Impact method, which guides people on mastering conflict, fostering positive engagement, and driving innovation. Karen is also the author of Spiral Impact: Black Belt Edition. In this episode… Conflict is often viewed as negative, especially by women who feel they lack positions of power to resolve conflict. However, conflict can foster innovation and growth when managed effectively. How can you sh...
2025-07-1737 min
Get Hooked On: This Vivid Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.Spiral Impact by Karen ValencicPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/95162to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Spiral Impact
Author: Karen Valencic
Narrator: Karen Valencic
Format: mp3
Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
Release date: 12-09-24
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Genres: Conflict Resolution & Mediation
Publisher's Summary:
In times of accelerated change and disruption, peoples’ lagging ability to adapt opens Pandora’s Box for destructive conflict, burnout, and division. In this Black Belt Edition of Spiral Impact: The Power to Get It Done with Grace, Karen Valencic shares how to bring forth your True Power and master the art of conflict to help you foster collaboration, innovation, and civi...
2024-12-093h 49
Humanity WorkingSpiral Impact with Karen ValencicKaren Valencic is the author of the book Spiral Impact: The Black Belt Edition The Power to Get It Done with Grace. In this episode, Paul and Karen discuss how to turn conflict from a negative into something that sparks innovation and leads to positive change. They also examine how looking at the same issue form different perspectives can unlock higher performance in teams. Resources mentioned in this episode: Karen’s book - https://www.bookhampton.com/book/9781946533845 Karen’s practice - https://www.karenvalencic.com/Humanity Working is brought to y...
2024-10-0142 min
Crafting Solutions to ConflictKaren Valencic on Akido and conflict, plus her Spiral Impact methodKaren Valencic joins me to talk about Akido and conflict, power and force, and the new black belt edition of her book Spiral Impact: The Power to Get It Done with Grace. You can learn more about Karen and her work here: https://www.karenvalencic.com/. Conflictmastery.com will take you to: https://www.karenvalencic.com/membership-site-optin. Find Karen’s profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenvalencic/ . Contact Karen directly here: karen@spiralimpact.comDo you have comments or suggestions about a topic or guest? An idea or question about conflict management or conflict resolution? Let me kn...
2024-08-0829 min
You in 2042 ... The Future of WorkModern Future Skills of Conflict MasteryKaren Valencic, a leader in team development with a unique emphasis on conflict mastery influenced by Aikido, discusses the increasing importance of understanding and mastering workplace conflict for innovation and employee retention.
Valencic critiques the traditional approach of managing conflict, arguing instead for leaders to foster an environment where healthy conflict is encouraged and skillfully navigated to tap into the creative and innovative potential of their teams. She highlights how approaching conflict with a mindset of curiosity and a goal-oriented perspective can turn it into a catalyst for collaboration and progress.
Valencic's unique approach offers...
2024-07-1508 min
WIL Talk (Women in Leadership Talk)WIL Talk #125 Karen Valencic, Collaboration & Innovation through Conflict Mastery | Best-Selling Author | Speaker | Executive Coach | Aikidoist | Everything DiSC PartnerRevolutionizing conflict with creativity, how does one do that with grace? Karen Valencic, Mechanical engineer, and author of Spiral Impact, Aikido Master combines her experience with conflict resolution and leadership to offer a fresh view to transform the leadership journey. Karen loves the art of Aikido, a martial arts practice that began back in the early 1900s and is the truest form of martial arts. She takes us on a journey of how power moves with us rather than against us. Aikido mimics life through the movements of energy and creativity; struggle and fear keep us stuck, a...
2024-06-1442 min
Resilient Entrepreneurs87: Martial Artist, Consultant & Author, Karen Valencic: Conflict? Roll with itKaren Valencic, a Third Dan black belt in Aikido, is a conflict resolution and leadership coach and author. She has crafted the Spiral Impact Method, which combines Aikido concepts with conflict resolution techniques. She shares with us how breath, intention and centring play a role in conflict resolution. We talk about the intersection of innovation, change, and conflict, and why it's critical to engage team members in the change process.
It's a wonderful conversation with some key takeaways:
Aikido is a martial art that cares as much about your opponents wellbeing as your own and this...
2024-05-0351 min
IDEAS+LEADERS191. Mastering Conflicts - Karen Valencic
In the episode 191 of IDEAS+LEADERS podcast I am speaking with Karen Velencic about mastering conflicts in the workplace. As the President of Spiral Impact, Karen brings a unique perspective to performance improvement for leaders and teams. Her method, Spiral Impact®, offers a simple yet profound way to master conflict, foster collaboration, and solve problems with grace. Through her books, including the best selling Black Belt Edition of Spiral Impact, Karen provides tangible tools and insights to empower individuals and teams to navigate challenging situations with ease.
You can contact Karen here:
(1) Karen V...
2024-04-2930 min
Conflict ManagedEp 97, Mastering Conflict: Harnessing Power and Flow, Not Force🎙️ This week on Conflict Managed, we welcome Karen Valencic, founder and president of Spiral Impact, Best-Selling Author, Speaker, and Aikidoist.
Join us as we discuss:
😵💫 The confusing nature of unmanaged conflict
🌸 Kindness in place of niceness
🌀🕊️ The Spiral Method of conflict management
🧐 The cure of curiosity
💡 Honoring colleagues with questions
🔄 Generational differences
Karen Valencic (Vuh-len-sick) is not just a speaker and business leader; she's a transformative force in the world of conflict mastery and leadership. Can you imagine a business environment, or a WORLD, in which people, despite conflict, get their work done wit...
2024-03-121h 01
whistlekick Martial Arts RadioEpisode 712 - Sensei Karen Valencic Sensei Karen Valencic is a Martial Arts practitioner, instructor, author, speaker, mechanical engineer, and personal coach. Notice where you’re tense. Relax where your tension is. And it’s like magic happens when you do that. A lot of times I hold tension in my calves of all places. It’s really interesting because when you really let go of the tension, not only that you’ll have an effect to your partner and yourself, you can actually feel your way more through the technique. Sensei Karen Valencic - Episode 712 Finding Martial Arts at a den...
2022-05-2358 min
Direction Not PerfectionBonus Episode: "The Power To Get It Done With Grace" - with Speaker, Karen ValencicResources: www.spiralimpact.com1. https://karenvalencic.com/jump-start/ (This is my online community sign up)2. https://karenvalencic.com/resources-2/ (Free resources available here)3. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1946533831 (The Black Belt Edition: Spiral Impact the Power to Get It Done with Grace)Allow Me To Introduce Our Speaker....... Can you imagine a business environment – or a WORLD – in which people get their work done with ease or grace? My bet is you will have a fresh perspective on your everyday challenges in the next hour!Karen Valencic (Vuh...
2022-03-0945 min
Portage County Safety Council Podcast[OSC22 Preview] Master the Art of Conflict - for Safety’s Sake!Episode 237: Leadership & team development consultant, Karen Valencic, Founder of Spiral Impact and author of The Black Belt Edition of Spiral Impact: The Power to Get It Done with Grace, stopped by to give us a preview of her 2022 Ohio Safety Congress presentation titled, Master the Art of Conflict - for Safety's Sake! For more info on OSC22, visit www.ohiosafetycongress.com. For more information about the PCSC, visit PortageCountySafetyCouncil.com today!
2022-02-1828 min
Just Dumb Enough PodcastMastering Conflict with Karen ValencicResolving or Managing conflict is all well and good, but wouldn't you rather master it? Karen Valencic has decades of experience, a best selling author credit, and also writes for Newsweek! I'm not sure what else you could want.
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2022-01-241h 13
Just Dumb Enough PodcastMastering Conflict with Karen ValencicResolving or Managing conflict is all well and good, but wouldn't you rather master it? Karen Valencic has decades of experience, a best selling author credit, and also writes for Newsweek! I'm not sure what else you could want. This episode is being reloaded after some hosting problems resulted in deletion. Email the show for any number of reasons. DumbEnoughPodcast@Gmail.Com PLEASE SHARE THIS SHOW! Leaderboard: 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Canada 4. Australia 5. Iran
2022-01-241h 13
The Improvement Nerds PodcastEpisode 17 - Nerding Out About Flow and Spiral Impact with Karen ValencicIn Episode 17, I nerd out with Karen Valencic about managing conflict and creating flow through her leadership approach called Spiral Impact.
Karen Valencic is founder Spiral impact, a Performance Improvement Company specializing in leadership and team development. As a degreed-tenured engineer, effectiveness and practicality informs her work; 30 years of aikido training brings the artistic flare and power to her content. Karen works with leaders and teams through speaking, coaching and consulting.
In times of accelerated change and disruption, peoples’ lagging ability to adapt opens Pandora’s Box for destructive conflict, burnout, and division. In her rece...
2020-06-011h 08
Moving Forward ("always be moving forward!")MF 149 : Reshaping Conflict to Move Forward, with Karen ValencicKaren Valencic is a communication and conflict resolution specialist. Today, Karen will share how you can reshape conflict as an opportunity to move forward. More at www.bemovingforward.com.
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2017-12-2627 min
On the Money with Vinnie FisherInterview with Karen Valencic: CEO of Spiral ImpactHow do you deal with conflict in your organization? Karen is the CEO of Spiral Impact and discusses how to master the art of conflict, and how that is key skill for leaders. Karen is an author, speaker, black belt and engineer, and her passion is revealing the keys of conflict to leaders so they can fast-track innovation and enhance performance.
2017-11-2937 min
The Career Insider Podcast#66 – Leadership Expert Series : Karen ValencicFor Episode 66 of The CareerMetis Podcast, we will be continuing the Leadership Expert Series; and we will be hearing from Leadership Coach and Consultant Karen Valencic. Guest Introduction – Karen ValencicAs an author, speaker, black belt and engineer, Karen Valencic's passion is revealing the keys of conflict to leaders so they can fast track innovation and enhance performance.Karen knows that the best ideas in business are all too often lost in the maze of poorly handled disagreements.Therefore, the ability to innovate with conflict is an essential skill for l...
2017-10-0742 min
Leaders Of TransformationKaren Valencic: Rethinking Conflict & InnovationHow do you handle conflict and why would it benefit you to embrace it? Today, author, speaker, black belt and engineer, Karen Valencic, re-frames conflict and confrontation and demonstrates how it is absolutely necessary for creativity and innovation to flourish. Combining physics and martial art concepts, Karen's unique methodology called Spiral Impact, shifts the focus from force to power, so that individuals and teams grow through conflict, vs stifling progress by forcing their way through it. Using the analogy of a tornado, she goes on to explain how you can center yourself, developing the calm eye...
2017-06-0638 minLeaders Of TransformationKaren Valencic: Rethinking Conflict & InnovationHow do you handle conflict and why would it benefit you to embrace it? Today, author, speaker, black belt and engineer, Karen Valencic, re-frames conflict and confrontation and demonstrates how it is absolutely necessary for creativity and innovation to flourish. Combining physics and martial art concepts, Karen's unique methodology called Spiral Impact, shifts the focus from force to power, so that individuals and teams grow through conflict, vs stifling progress by forcing their way through it. Using the analogy of a tornado, she goes on to explain how you can center yourself, developing the calm eye...
2017-06-0638 min
Annie Jennings PR EliteWireThe Art Of Conflict For LeadersKaren Valencic knows that the best ideas in business all too often are lost in the maze of poorly handled disagreements. Therefore, the ability to innovate with conflict is an…The post The Art Of Conflict For Leaders appeared first on Annie Jennings PR Elite Wire.
2017-05-1900 min
The One You FeedKaren ValencicThis week we talk to Karen Valencic about using movement to get unstuckKaren Valencic is the founder of Spiral Impact, an Indianapolis-based speaking, training and development company, which she founded in 1992. Valencic leverages her expertise in communication, science and martial arts to provide a distinct perspective on performance improvement. Karen is the author of the book Spiral Impact: The Power to Get It Done with Grace, and the handbook Giving Deliberate Feedback for Leaders.As a black belt in Aikido, the Japanese art of reconciliation, Karen weaves examples from the martial art practice mat into her writin...
2015-06-1039 minThe One You FeedKaren ValencicThis week we talk to Karen Valencic about using movement to get unstuckKaren Valencic is the founder of Spiral Impact, an Indianapolis-based speaking, training and development company, which she founded in 1992. Valencic leverages her expertise in communication, science and martial arts to provide a distinct perspective on performance improvement. Karen is the author of the book Spiral Impact: The Power to Get It Done with Grace, and the handbook Giving Deliberate Feedback for Leaders.As a black belt in Aikido, the Japanese art of reconciliation, Karen weaves examples from the martial art practice mat into her writin...
2015-06-1039 min