The first cut
Trace where the conflict actually began, not where it became loud.
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The Badlands
Find Your Ground.
Alberta badlands · Lead teams through conflict.
Book Three of Prairie Paths. Conflict cuts through a team the way water cuts through clay — slowly, then all at once, and always along an older line.
Coming November 2026. Walk the free chapter now, then send us a note for release updates.
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What this path is about
The Badlands is a private, self-guided digital leadership journey set in Alberta's hoodoos and coulees, where every layer of earth is a record of what came before.
Team conflict is rarely only about the visible disagreement. The Badlands helps leaders notice where the first cut appeared, what sits beneath the conflict, and where trust or communication has quietly eroded.
It works through competing needs and perspectives, what remains essential when the surface is stripped away, and how a leader stays grounded while helping a team move through difficulty.
Who this book helps
- Team leads and managers holding a team through friction
- Leaders inheriting a conflict they did not create
- Anyone facilitating groups with competing needs
- Leaders who want to stay grounded in hard rooms
What you will explore
What sits beneath
Read the layers under the visible disagreement.
Erosion
Notice trust and communication wearing away before they collapse.
Competing needs
Hold more than one legitimate perspective at the same time.
Part of Prairie Paths
One series, four landscapes.
Prairie Paths moves outward: from leading yourself, to leading beside one other person, to leading a team through conflict, to bridging the gaps between people.
See the full seriesFind Your Ground.
Coming November 2026. Walk the free chapter now, then send us a note for release updates.
