Women of the Beachwood Chamber Coffee Hour
Ms. Valerie Polunas
Founder & Chief Navigator
Flowing River Conflict Solutions
Topic: Conflict Perspectives and Behaviors
Learn a tool that helps you analyze a conflict from multiple perspectives, followed by an opportunity to learn about relationship behavior toxins and how to manage their default. Applicable to both work and personal relationships.
Valerie Polunas designs, facilitates, and coaches organizations and teams in need of conflict management and prevention frameworks, strategies, and tools. She has spent over two decades exploring how people grow through conflict, lead with purpose, and connect across differences. Her career has spanned workforce development, leadership, intercultural communication, and civic education programs rooted in the belief that relationships drive real change. Valerie holds a Master of Arts in International Relations, as well as an Associate Certified Coach credential (ACC), Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC) Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching Certification (ORSCC™), and certificates in Applied Conflict Resolution, Mediation, and Kingian Nonviolence, bringing her passion for discovery, alignment, and transformation into every engagement.