People Before Strategy Roundtable

#PeopleBeforeStrategy Roundtable

You can have the best strategy, but without the right people, you won’t get anywhere.

Join this free monthly Roundtable designed for leaders who understand that businesses are people. Each session is a live, facilitated space where decision-makers, team leads, and people professionals connect, learn, and grow together.

🗓️ Next Live Session: Thursday, April 23, 2026
🕒 5:30 PM GMT / Use Time Converter
📅 Live on Zoom — Free to Attend

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This Month’s Theme

Resolving Conflict in Diverse & Distributed Teams

Conflict isn’t new, but how it shows up in today’s hybrid and global teams is. As Q2 ramps up with cross-functional work, performance conversations, and scaling priorities, misalignment and misunderstanding become harder to avoid and easier to mishandle.

In this interactive Roundtable, we’ll explore how to move beyond avoiding conflict or taking it personally. Instead, you’ll learn how to recognize it as a signal and that different perspectives, expectations, and experiences are in the room.

Together, we’ll explore how to:

Reframe conflict from personal friction to productive tension
Navigate miscommunication across cultures, functions, and working styles
Lead conversations that create clarity, not defensiveness

This is a live, facilitated session designed for senior leaders, founders, people professionals, and team leads who are managing across difference and want to do it more effectively.

Come ready to reflect, contribute, and leave with practical ways to lead through tension without losing trust.

With special guests:

Oluwatoyin Ademola — Chief Growth Officer, SkillSultants Nigeria
Faris Aranki — Founder & CEO, Shiageto Consulting

Why Join the Roundtable?

You can Google leadership tips. But you can’t Google or GPT real-time connection, coaching, and strategy.

This is for you if you want to:

Lead with confidence and clarity
Build empowered, energized teams
Elevate your impact while staying grounded in your values
Learn from diverse voices and real-life leadership stories

Every month features a new topic with curated guest experts and a facilitated learning experience led by executive and leadership coach Akua Nyame-Mensah.

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What Past Attendees Are Saying

“Great guest. Wonderful facilitation. Good participant interaction. Really enjoyed it. The time flew by — always a good sign!”

“As always, quite inspiring! Practical tips and insights. Huge thank you!”

“It’s always a pleasure to join your Roundtable. The subjects are very impactful and the speakers are outstanding.”

“Thank you for all the insights. I wish this continued for more than 1 hour. Thank you for organizing, Akua!”

“Very good conversation, as always.”

“An hour and a half next time for more information on a topic.”

“I enjoy it…The guests were outstanding, it felt like they had a lot more to offer, but the time was limited.”

“I enjoyed the engagement with the audience and how the topic was unpacked practically.”

What to Expect

No fluff. Just an hour of value you can apply immediately.

Case Studies + Mini Trainings

Explore a real-world leadership challenge and hear how experienced leaders approach it

Live Coaching + Q&A

Ask your questions and get support in the moment

Networking

Connect with peers who are serious about people-first leadership

Who Should Join the Roundtable?

People Managers & Team Leads
Heads of HR, People, L&D, and Organizational Development
Founders and Executives in Growth Mode
Consultants and Service Providers who support leaders and teams

If you’re responsible for culture, performance, or team dynamics — this is for you.

Previous Roundtable Topics

Self-Promotion: How Leaders Can Showcase Their Value Without Bragging
Balancing Empathy and Accountability
From Manager to Coach: Transitioning to a Coaching Leadership Style
The Art of Delegation: How to Let Go and Trust Your Team
Navigating Tough Conversations: Mastering Difficult Dialogues

Each month builds leadership capability while centering the human side of work.

Ready to Put People Before Strategy?

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Reserve your spot today.

It’s free, it’s virtual, and it could be the shift you need to lead with more intention and less overwhelm.

Can’t make it live? Register anyway to receive the recording.

Thursday, April 23 · 5:30pm UTC (1h)
#PeopleBeforeStrategy Roundtable April 2026

Resolving Conflict in Diverse & Distributed Teams
Hosted by Akua Nyame-Mensah — Leadership & Culture Advisor
As teams become mo…
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Resolving Conflict in Diverse & Distributed Teams
Hosted by Akua Nyame-Mensah — Leadership & Culture Advisor
As teams become more global, cross-functional, and distributed, conflict is no longer just about personality; it’s about perspective. And in many organizations, the real challenge isn’t conflict itself, but how quickly it becomes avoided, personalized, or misunderstood.
This live Roundtable will explore how leaders can reframe conflict as a necessary and productive part of working across difference and not something to suppress.
We’ll talk about how to:
⫸ Reframe conflict as a signal of insight, not dysfunction
⫸ Navigate miscommunication across cultures and working styles
⫸ Lead conversations that maintain trust while addressing tension
With special guests:
⫸ Oluwatoyin Ademola — Chief Growth Officer, SkillSultants Nigeria
⫸ Faris Aranki — Founder & CEO, Shiageto Consulting
This 60-minute interactive session is designed for senior leaders, founders, people professionals, and team leads working across diverse and distributed teams.
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