Alicia Santamaria - From Conflict to Connection: What Teams Actually Need to Work Together

In this episode of Culture Talents, Florence Hardy welcomes Alicia Santamaria, a seasoned coach, trainer and facilitator based in the San Francisco Bay Area and founder of Adelante Coaching & Consulting, now celebrating its 15th anniversary.

With a background rooted in community conflict resolution and a deep expertise in strengths-based approaches, Alicia shares how discovering her own CliftonStrengths profile transformed her relationship with the very qualities she had been told to tone down.

Her Top 5? Communication, Individualization, Woo, Learner, and Input.

"My entire life, I've been told I talk too much and I'm too social. And it was a complete shift, the assessment. Rather than thinking there was something wrong with me, all of a sudden this gave me permission to actually explore what I bring to the table."

From creating team agreements that shape culture before tensions arise, to building internal capacity so the work continues long after the consultant has left, Alicia brings a grounded, human approach to team dynamics.

Florence and Alicia also reflect on their own collaboration across continents, and what it looks like when complementary strengths come together.

• How do you help teams move from unspoken tensions to real conversations?

• What does it take to build lasting ownership and capacity within a team?

• And what happens when you stop trying to fix people and start understanding what they naturally bring?

Connect with Alicia on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciasantamaria/ and here https://www.adelantecc.com

Culture Talents is a podcast produced by Le Labo des Talents.

Hosted by Florence Hardy

Produced by César Defot I Natif

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