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Penny Tremblay has targeted an important idea in conflict resolution - Play. As a mediator, I regularly see the stressful, negative approach people take in trying to deal with conflict. Using Penny's tools and approach can free parties to engage in a healthier and better way. Add Penny's book to your personal Toolbox! -- Gary Furlong, Mediator, Principal at Agree Inc., Author of The Conflict Resolution Toolbox An easy and entertaining must-read for leaders who want to create profound positive impacts and team results without all of the stress, conflict, and devastating mental health effects. -- Lise Leblanc, Registered Psychotherapist and Author Penny has put together a unique combination of detailed research, personal stories, and practical tools to help us all work together in more effective and productive ways. There are many timely and relevant takeaways in this book that will benefit employees, managers, and leaders -- Roy Slack, MD, P. Eng., FCIM, Founder and Independent Director, Cementation Americas Over the decades there are a few management books that have dramatically changed the way we do business: Think and Grow Rich, Who Moved My Cheese, and Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Sandbox Strategies has the potential to do for our post-Covid generation what all these aforementioned classics did for theirs. If you want to move from conflict to cooperation reading this book and applying its principles is a must. -- Barry Spilchuk, Founder, IamASurvivor.club, Coauthor of A Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soul Penny possesses the admirable quality of willingness to have difficult conversations. Most people elect to demure, avoid and flee from conflict. Penny teaches us the dignity and power of directly confronting our issues. -- Trent Theroux, Chief Financial Officer, Thielsch Group Inc. The eight sandbox strategies in this book will have a profound impact on your ability to resolve conflict and develop and nurture meaningful relationships, which are the foundation of business and personal success. If you're looking for a detailed road map to increase your productivity and profit and climb the corporate ladder, this book is an absolute must! -- Corina Moore, President and CEO, Ontario Northland Transportation As a practicing employment law attorney, I have seen firsthand how interpersonal conflict in the workplace-if left to fester unresolved-can give rise to enormous legal risk for an organization. Using Penny's tried and true conflict resolution strategies, employees, employers, and HR professionals have the tools and resources that they need to better understand and resolve workplace conflicts before it is too late and the emotional, financial, and legal costs become unavoidable. -- Gregory Tumolo, Partner, Lewis Brisbois All people deal with conflict but for women entrepreneurs, it takes an awareness that conflict can lead to positive outcomes. Frankly, they need the skills and stamina to work through it. Penny's book Sandbox Strategies for the New Workplace provides an empowering approach to this essential know-how for today's changing world. -- Rosalind Lockyer, Founder and CEO, PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise, and PARO Canada

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Penny Tremblay has served organizations for decades with corporate training, mediation, and restorative workplace success, and circulates a weekly online Leadership Tip to over 2000 subscribers. After earning her Advanced Mediation certificate from Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, and founding the Tremblay Leadership Center, she developed the Sandbox System™ to help work teams turn the high cost of conflict into peace, productivity, and profit. She was voted the Best Motivational Speaker in Ontario. Visit her online at www.pennytremblay.com.

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