Category Archives: Decision Making

The Social Implications of Unhappy Lawyers

Citing Heidi Golledge, CEO of CareerBliss, a recent article in the American Bar Association Journal, by Debra Cassens Weiss, indicates that associate attorney is the number one unhappiest job in America, and that legal assistant follows closely in the list, … Continue reading

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Summary of Activities for 2012

Introduction 2012 was an incredibly busy year for our Business Excellence Solutions collaboration! As an entity, we have grown to the point where we have had to revisit our structure to ensure that we continue seamless support of our diverse … Continue reading

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Continuing our discussion on tips for effective communication…

Twelve Tips for Effective Communication – Tip Five: Communication is Not Just Speaking So far in our on-going discussion in which we will ultimately offer “Twelve Tips” for effective communication, we have discussed four ways to help you improve your … Continue reading

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Continuing our series on tips for effective communication …

Twelve Tips for Communication Tip Four: Listen Comprehensively – the Many Levels of Listening Listening involves more than just hearing. In this post, our focus is on understanding comprehensive listening: listening in the broadest and most powerful sense.  This concept … Continue reading

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Tools for Effective Communication: Third Tool

Tools for Effective Communication: Third tool: Understanding Styles. So far, we have discussed two tools designed to help you approach an important communication: setting a goal for the outcome and planning the communication before jumping into it. Perhaps most of … Continue reading

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“How Leading Lawyers Think” A book review by Monique McKay, LL.M. and Robert Creo, J.D.

Preface: The following is a book review co-authored by professional colleagues, Monique McKay and Robert Creo. Ms. McKay and Mr. Creo are the co-founders of the Master Mediator Institute, which is a non-profit organization that allows mediators, executives, negotiators and … Continue reading

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