About the Workshop
Conflict is universal, but the ways we express and interpret it are shaped by culture. This workshop helps participants explore how their cultural values influence communication, emotional expression, and approaches to disagreement. Using the Intercultural Conflict Style (ICS) framework, participants identify their own conflict style—whether they tend toward harmony, dialogue, control, or engagement—and reflect on how these tendencies impact relationships in the workplace and community. Through guided discussion and self-assessment, they develop greater awareness of their default responses to tension and learn when flexibility or adaptation can strengthen understanding and trust. By the end of the session, participants gain insight into their personal style and practical tools for navigating conflict with empathy, respect, and integrity.
This is a sample version of this workshop. It is free and open to all via Webex (virtual)!
To book the full version, please contact Development and Communications Manager, Celine Hoang at choang@leap.org.
About the Facilitator
Alex Cena
LEAP Chief Program Officer
Alexander Cena is the Chief Programs Officer for LEAP (Leadership Education Asian Pacifics), where he is responsible for the efficient, cost-effective, and timely delivery and coordination of community and corporate leadership development programs, workshops, and events. He is a leadership development professional specializing in diversity & inclusion work and community organizing in the Asian Pacific Island Desi American (APIDA) community.
Mr. Cena has over 11 years of service in the APIDA community. In 2009, as a Programs Manager for a youth development organization called Asian American LEAD, co-created the first Asian American youth summit in the Washington DC area. Between 2013 and 2016, he served as the Director of Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs at the University of Florida and opened the first Asian Pacific Islander American student center on a college campus in the southeastern United States. After moving to Virginia, he joined the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities as their Community Outreach Coordinator and later became the Center Director for Higher Achievement. He maintained his commitment to the APIDA community by holding positions such as Vice President and founder of the Asian American Association at Virginia Commonwealth University, and as a member of the education subcommittee for the Asian Advisory Board of Virginia.
Mr. Cena also serves as the Board Treasurer of the Asian American Justice+ Innovation Lab (AAJIL). AAJIL is a volunteer organization that positions itself as a community racial justice incubator committed to education, community-building, and innovation to promote justice, radical love, and emergence.