All this magazine reading, and I’ve been very remiss in reading books. I have been revamping the text on my website, and I realized that I USED TO do a book review periodically, but it has been forever! So I took the ti ...
All this magazine reading, and I’ve been very remiss in reading books. I have been revamping the text on my website, and I realized that I USED TO do a book review periodically, but it has been forever! So I took the ti ...
In addition to referring me to the California Business Review article, author Michael Roberto also (understandably) referred me to his book. He has a book from 2005 titled Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer: ...
I came across a great quote to share about forgiveness. Forgiveness/reconciliation is one of the most difficult parts of conflict resolution (in terms of “intractable” international conflicts, I think it is THE biggest i ...
I came across a great quote to share about forgiveness. Forgiveness/reconciliation is one of the most difficult parts of conflict resolution (in terms of “intractable” international conflicts, I think it is THE biggest i ...
If you haven’t figured this out by now (either through knowing me or just by reading my blog), I would describe myself as “intuitive.” I have nothing against “hard” data, and I’ve been known to do some data analysis from ...
Ann Oliveri has a nice post about the resurgence of whooping cranes that also touches on one of the most important points I make when I do presentations or training in conflict resolution. She describes a “win-win” solut ...
This month’s Harvard Business Review has a section up front that is a collection of short essays by business leaders—actual CEOs and executive from high powered corporations. I am extremely impressed with the wisdom they ...
At the end of my session Friday, the group asked if I had any final words of wisdom. I like to respond to those requests, even though I don’t have a “stock” answer prepared ahead of time. And although I didn’t make the c ...
There are a couple of good posts over on the Acronym blog about making “fast” decisions versus making the “right” ones. It started with some comments Jim Collins made in an interview with Scott Briscoe. I had written abo ...
