Become the Calm in the Storm.

Take My Neuroscience-Based Conflict Resilience Lab

Oct 15 - Nov 19

ABD Ventures presents

Rewiring Leadership at the Nervous System Level:

A neuroscience-based approach to transforming how you lead under stress.

 6-Week Hybrid Lab for Leaders, Teams & Change-Makers

Dates | Starts October 15, 2025

Time | 9:00-11:30 AM Pacific (12:00-1:30 PM Eastern) for 6 consecutive Wednesday evenings

Blended Instructor-Led Training | With self-paced assignments and peer learning communities. Only 20 seats available

Content | View curriculum

Cost | $897 with code EARLYBIRD ($1,197 after Sept 30)

Questions | teamabd@amybdean.com

Seats are filling fast. If you’ve ever frozen, exploded, or avoided conflict, this is your reset. Join the inaugural cohort today.

Why This Lab Exists

Unresolved workplace conflict costs U.S. companies $359B/year in lost productivity, absenteeism, and turnover (CPP, 2008; Lendi, 2025).

The greater cost is human: stress, burnout, broken trust, and leaders whose credibility is quietly eroded by how they handle conflict.

Most leaders already know communication techniques. The problem isn’t skill—it’s biology. Under pressure, your nervous system hijacks you.

This Lab addresses the missing piece: learning to work with your biology so you can finally apply the skills you already have when it matters most.

Why Leaders Can’t Afford to Wait

Conflict isn’t “soft.” It drives turnover, destroys culture, and derails strategy. Left unchecked, it escalates into toxic climates—and, in rare but devastating cases, into tragedies that make headlines.

If you’ve ever:

  • Frozen when you needed to speak up

  • Snapped and regretted it

  • Avoided conflict until it blew up

…you know how quickly credibility and safety can collapse.

Most trainings teach what to say. This Lab teaches you how to stay regulated enough to actually say it.

The Missing Piece: Your Nervous System

Your stress responses were built for saber-tooth tigers, not workplace emails. When conflict hits, your thinking brain goes offline.

The Lab integrates:

  • Polyvagal Theory – why you react the way you do

  • Somatic practices – tools to re-center in real time

  • Harvard’s Conflict Resilience framework –
    NAME → EXPLORE → COMMIT

What You’ll Gain

By the end of 6 weeks, you will:

  • Spot your nervous system state in real time

  • Use 3+ regulation tools to re-center before reacting

  • Apply the NAME → EXPLORE → COMMIT framework in real conflicts

  • Lead tough conversations without freezing, exploding, or avoiding

  • Leave with a 30-day resilience plan to sustain change

How It Works

📺 Weekly video lesson – neuroscience + conflict tools

🤝 Peer Learning Pods (3–4 people) – practice with your real conflicts

💻 90-minute Live Zoom Lab – interactive coaching + breakout practice

Time: 3–4 hrs/week | Cohort: max 20

The 6 Labs

  1. Your Conflict Nervous System — why your brain goes offline under stress

  2. Body Awareness & Regulation — expand your capacity to stay centered

  3. NAME — Recognize what’s happening under pressure

  4. EXPLORE — shift from reaction to curiosity

  5. COMMIT — values-based action & durable agreements

  6. Integration & Future Practice — your sustainable toolkit

Who Should Participate in this Lab?

YES, for:

âś“ Executives, managers, HR leaders.

 âś“ Union leaders, frontline supervisors.

âś“ Change agents, mediators, nonprofit leaders.

âś“ Anyone whose nervous system hijacks them in conflict.

NO, for:

âś— Leaders looking for quick-fix scripts.

âś— Anyone unwilling to practice with real workplace conflicts.

✗ Passive participants—this is an active Lab, not a lecture hall.

Your Instructor

Amy B. Dean

Amy has guided 1000+ organizations through their toughest conflicts. She's seen what works, what doesn't, and why most approaches fail.

Contact at teamabd@amybdean.com

Frequently Asked Questions

  • No. It's skill-building and education. While therapeutic benefits may occur, this isn't a substitute for therapy.

  • You choose what to share. Many exercises can be done privately. We create safety first, always.

  • Yes! We offer team rates for 3+ people. It's actually more powerful when teams learn together.

  • All sessions are recorded. While live is best for practice, you can catch up.

  • 30-60 minutes per week for practice. The real learning happens between sessions.

  • Courses give you someone else's answers. Labs help you discover your own. You'll experiment with different approaches to conflict, see what actually works in your life, and build skills through practice—not by following a script.