Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with leadership expert, speaker, and Co-Founder of Conflict EQ, Irvine Nugent.

Irvine specializes in helping leaders, teams, and organizations build the capacity to stay grounded, clear, and constructive under pressure—so that conflict becomes an opportunity for stronger communication, better Relationships, and improved results rather than breakdown or avoidance.

His core insight is simple but powerful: most people don’t actually have a conflict problem—they have a capacity problem when Stress levels rise. Drawing from lived experience, leadership development, and behavioral science, Irvine helps people expand that capacity so they can navigate difficult conversations without damaging trust, morale, or performance.

Through his work at Conflict EQ, he combines storytelling, neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and practical leadership tools to help individuals and organizations transform the way they handle tension, disagreement, and high-stakes communication.

In this conversation, we discuss leadership under pressure, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, workplace communication, resilience, mindset, self-awareness, organizational culture, and practical strategies for handling difficult conversations with confidence and Clarity.

This is a powerful discussion for leaders, managers, executives, coaches, and anyone looking to improve how they show up when it matters most.

Enjoy this interview.

Learn more about Irvine Nugent:

Conflict EQ Official Website

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Joe Dimino Podcaster/Artist

Joe Dimino has been writing & creating in a variety of capacities since his college days at the University of Missouri-Kansas City somewhere around 1993. If you are keeping score, that would be about 29 years+. It all began at UMKCs University News as a Sports Writer & turned into a myriad of expressive avenues. Inventing poems, art, video & audio has always been in the proverbial cards.