Tension feels personal. From our personal to professional lives, any level of disagreement has us overexplaining, people-pleasing, or defending ourselves to prove ourselves. The result? Isolation, disconnect, and dysfunction on the very teams that need collaboration to flourish. What would happen if we approached conflict less personally as a direct reflection of our contribution, and instead as an opportunity to connect, understand, and build relationships through curiosity?

Cassie Little, an entrepreneur born out of the COVID-19 pandemic and wired for community, helps teams transform everyday tension into deeper trust. After years of absorbing negative feedback as a reflection of her value, her journey of building a business in “unprecedented times” revealed to her, first hand, the beauty of curiosity in converting conflict into connection.

She’s implemented this method in the organizations of higher education that she’s supported through her company, Her Sorority Journey, and seen transformation of culture in retention and morale. In 5 years, she has grown the business to a six-figure company that invests greatly in the next generation of professionals through confidence, conflict, and resilience training. After years of equipping organizations’ members to take ownership by overcoming the things that divide their communities, Cassie is passionate about equipping leaders to engage in conflict with courageous conversations to cultivate resilient relationships.

Cassie is eager to bring her entrepreneurial resilience and organizational conflict model to cultivate cultures of trust in companies, organizations, teams, and the leaders who provide their direction.