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Part Three: Holding the Hard: How to Build Stamina for Real Conversations

A lot of advice around “difficult conversations” assumes the hard part is knowing what to say. It’s not. The hard part is tolerating what you can’t control: the awkwardness that doesn’t resolve, the discomfort that lingers, the misconceptions that stick even after you clarify.

We prep our language to be precise, but we rarely prep our nervous systems to handle the silence, the resistance, the not-fairness of it all.

This workshop flips the script on traditional communication training. It’s about emotional regulation, conversational resilience, and the quiet skills that create psychological safety, even when nothing gets wrapped in a bow.
 

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Kelle Snow is a leadership strategist and founder of Thornbird Consulting, where she helps organizations build smarter leaders and more human workplaces. With a background in educational psychology and deep expertise in learning design, she’s worked with everyone from Fortune 500 execs to first-time supervisors to rewire the way people show up, speak up, and lead.

Her workshops don’t come with fluff, formulas, or one-size-fits-all advice. Instead, she’s known for teaching practical, clarity-driven tools that stick - especially in moments that are messy, uncertain, or just real.

She’s designed and delivered more than 40 leadership programs across industries, with specialties in communication, visibility, change, and capability building. Most days, her favorite kind of feedback is still: “That was actually useful.”