
Kim Best
Kimberly (Kim) Best, RN, MA, is a mediator, FINRA arbitrator, and founder of Best Conflict Solutions, LLC in St. Louis, specializing in healthcare and workplace conflict.
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Oct 1, 2026
Episode 217: Beyond the Surface: Better Conversations with Kim Best (Part 2)
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Kim BestGUEST
The first edition I did number and decided not to in case I changed them, removed them later.

Kim BestGUEST
Uh, I came up with the idea, I was going to speak at a state level conference, and I wanted to bring something other than the usual handouts, and it just popped into my head.

Kim BestGUEST
So I thought of the cards, and I write a lot on conflict, so I, I have some, some things I just really believe about conflict and conflict management skills.

Kim BestGUEST
Uh, the card idea just popped into my head, and so I worked with a designer quickly to get some printed for this conference, and we did.
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Carl PisterHOST
Why is that? It sounds obvious, the question, but since it's so rare, why do we not do that more?
Episode 212: Becoming Conflict Competent with Kim Best (Part 1)
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Kim BestGUEST
I, I personally try to avoid using a term difficult person or difficult manager, uh, because I know base- going back to the ladder of inference, uh, if that's the label I put on someone, that's all I'm going to see.

Kim BestGUEST
And I think that all of us are difficult in our certain space, right? And I also think the degree that we're difficult and that we react to that difficult person the way we do, uh, i- is a bit of a trauma response for us, which is a, which is a whole nother conversation.

Kim BestGUEST
We have the, the skills we know, the skills we don't know, and that's the set of skills that nurse manager has.
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