THERE'S A LOT OF ANGER & FEAR DRIVEN CONFLICT IN THE WORLD.
IT'S TOXIC AND IT'S NO FUN. BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.
WE ALL FACE CHALLENGING SITUATIONS AND DIFFICULT PEOPLE.
THEY'RE NO FUN AND HOLD US BACK. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO.
THEY'RE NO FUN AND HOLD US BACK. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO.
GABE HAS DELIVERED INSPIRING & IMPACTFUL KEYNOTES TO THOUSANDS WORLDWIDE
Embrace Productive Conflict.
Transform Your Organization.
Encourage Conflict to Achieve More
Are you afraid of conflict in your organization? Too many leaders think that the key to better performance and ‘synergy’ is reducing conflict, when the truth is that many teams would benefit from more conflict on a daily basis. But what does healthy conflict look like, how do you cultivate it, and how can it lead to breathtaking and sustainable results?
Gabe Karp has made a career out of helping organizations discover these answers. Are you ready for him to do the same for yours?
“Healthy conflict and extreme candor are crucial elements of high-trust teams. Businesses who embrace Gabe’s teachings will grow faster and go further.”
INSPIRING.
ACTIONABLE.
SURPRISING.
FUNNY.
Don’t Get Mad At Penguins
Whether we’re in the boardroom, breakroom, courtroom, high school cafeteria, holiday dinner table, or anywhere else where humans interact, the same patterns of conflict play out repeatedly. While many fear conflict, the reality is that embracing conflict in a healthy way is the single greatest factor in driving success and avoiding failure. Just as toxins in our bodies make us unhealthy, slow us down, and cause us pain, the same holds true for toxins in our organizations and minds. They feed destructive conflict, which consumes an organization’s energy and taxes its ability to compete, grow, and prosper. Team engagements become pained, client relationships are strained, and individual careers suffer. The same unhealthy dynamics play out in our personal lives as well.
The key to making conflict work for our benefit lies in removing toxins from our interactions, and Don’t Get Mad at Penguins offers simple yet powerfully effective tools to do just that.
ABOUT GABE
Gabe Karp Wants You to Embrace Conflict, Not Avoid It
What happens when you study organizational conflict for three decades? You discover that it’s the key difference between businesses that thrive and businesses that barely survive.
Gabe Karp honed his skills as an aggressive trial lawyer before entering the field of tech startups, investing in dozens of successful companies, leading massive growth, and negotiating hundreds of millions of dollars in deals. What did he learn? Whether you’re in the courtroom or the boardroom, conflict is something to embrace, not hide from.
Today, Gabe is a sought-after expert on why and how conflict is an essential leadership tool for all types of organizations. Affable, funny, and informed by research-backed insights into positive conflict, Gabe’s message is one that’s helped dozens of leading organizations transform themselves for the better by putting aside their fear of saying what they’re thinking.
Proven Executive.
Gabe doesn’t speak from the outside looking in. He’s been an executive, manager, and leader in a range of roles. When he speaks on the topic of constructive conflict, there are no hypotheticals— he’s been there, done that, and learned from it.
Leading Conflict Expert.
Widely considered the gold standard in conflict management and leadership, Gabe’s approach honed over 30 years will help your organization harness the power of constructive feedback, open negotiation, and conflict resolution to achieve more than you thought possible.
Successful Investor.
Learn priceless lessons from the high-stakes world of venture capital investing, where Gabe turned positive conflict principles into successful investment transactions time and time again.
Established Growth Leader.
Across 15 corporate boards, six company acquisitions, and triple-digit growth, one thing has been constant— Gabe’s ability to leverage positive conflict to fuel growth, company culture, and competitive edge.
Veteran Trial Lawyer.
Before his leadership career, Gabe was notorious as one of the most effective and fearless litigators in the game with an unbelievable track record of success in the courtroom. He brings that same passion and fire to every keynote stage.
Uniquely Entertaining Keynote Speaker.
Clients and audience members frequently share their surprise that Gabe’s talks on conflict are so inspiring, funny, and positive. For a performance and message that entertains while it informs, there’s no one like Gabe.
Movie Buff.
No chance you can stump Gabe in movie trivia.
“Gabe is wicked smart and was a hit at our event.”
What If the One Thing You’ve Banished from Your Organization is the One Thing That Could Save It?
Company culture has become an obsession for businesses of all sizes and in all industries. They want to retain talent, generate passion, outperform competitors, and inspire the world with their unmatched working environment.
But too often, this leads them to put out a hit on any and all conflict. If people are openly disagreeing, leaders think, then they can’t be happy or productive at work. Can they?
Over 30 years of research and real-world action, Gabe Karp has learned that the exact opposite is true. Productive and even blunt conflict is not only acceptable, it’s absolutely essential for creating a productive, effective, and even more passionate organization at every level.
That is, when you do it right. That’s where Gabe and his captivating, highly actionable message is essential.