Interests versus Positions

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” solution in Nebraska where a power plant gets built...

Actual Leaders on Leadership

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 collected. I have already pointed out a quote...

Slow is the new Fast?

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 about that when it came out over on the Association...

It Makes Sense to Me

I found this great quote in a post on Patty Digh’s blog:In times of panic, or fear, we create whole worlds of sense in our minds.Her point was that these worlds only actually make sense in your mind. Not to other people, and often not to yourself when you look...

Getting Unstuck

There is an article in a journal called OD Practitioner (which is the journal of the Organization Development Network, a professional association to which I belong) about conflict resolution, written by Ken Cloke and Joan Goldsmith (who happen to be friends of my...
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