Craig E. Runde is the Director of the Center for Conflict Dynamics at Eckerd College, where he oversees training and development on the Conflict Dynamics Profile^® assessment instrument, Becoming Conflict Competent course and other products and services of the Center.

He is a frequent speaker and commentator on workplace conflict issues and is co-author with Tim Flanagan of Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader (Jossey-Bass, 2007) Building Conflict Competent Teams (Jossey-Bass, 2008), and Developing Your Conflict Competence (Jossey-Bass, 2010). He is also a co-author with Dr. Sherod Miller and Tim Flanagan of a new course entitled Becoming Conflict Competent (Eckerd College - Center for Conflict Dynamics (2010).

Craig has his B.A. from Harvard University, an M.L.L. from the University of Denver, and a J.D. from Duke University. He has practiced law in Colorado and has taught at the University of Minnesota Law School and Wake Forest University.