Insights on Conflict, Leadership, and Governance
Practical perspectives for leaders navigating high-stakes situations. These pieces draw from three decades of experience in public school governance, executive leadership, and conflict mediation.
“Speak Up, Work It Out”: Why Teaching Students to Mediate Their Own Conflicts Is the Most Underused Leadership Strategy in K-8 Schools
The most underused conflict resource in a K-8 school is already in the building. It is the students, and peer mediation teaches them to use it well.
Bruce publishes regularly on conflict, leadership, and governance through the Conflict in Plain English series on Substack. Subscribe below to receive new pieces directly.

