Failure and Gridlock in Washington
Failure and Gridlock in Washington
Beyond Metaphor: Consciously Managing the Subconscious
Beyond Conscious Metaphor For the last several months we have been discussing tips for improving your effectiveness for important communications. My March 18, 2013 post reviewed the first six of my twelve “tips” for effective communication. Since that time, among other posts, I have posted three additional tips on my seventh, and perhaps most comprehensive…
Culture and Metaphor
This post continues our exploration into metaphor. In my last post, I described the term metaphor as figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable or as a reference that refers to a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of…
More on Seeking Congruence in Communication
Tip Seven, Continued: Seek to Bring Your Communication Style into Congruence with Others in the Dialogue This post continues our discussion of congruence in communication styles. In my last post, I shared a brief history of some of the science around interpersonal connection. I also discussed a few of the tools of connection, including a…
Tips for Effective Communication – Tip Seven – Congruence in Communication
Tip Seven: Seek to Bring Your Communication Style into Congruence With Others in the Dialogue Today’s post is a continuation of the communication tips that I have been posting over the last number of months. These tips focus on those important communications that you sometimes need so that you can clarify a situation, avoid confusion…
Tips for Facilitating Meetings
Ten Tips for Facilitating Your Own Important Meetings With declining budgets and federal agencies in the midst of sequestration constraints, many organizations find that they simply cannot engage external facilitation services for even their most important meetings. Last year, my partners and I conducted a large number of meeting facilitations involving a wide range of…
New Article Posting: Lessons Learned: Avoiding Impasse in Mediation by Closing Gaps
Tips for Working With People in Conflict: Working Through “Gaps” in a Settlement Negotiation Santa Fe, New Mexico is a renowned art center and its high desert setting is a favorite among artist. Our local district court had asked me to conduct a mediation to resolve a pending lawsuit between a local gallery owner and…
Demonstrating the Cost-Benefits of Your ADR Program
Cost-Benefit of Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes for Employers: A study in metrics and program design. Organizations that are considering implementing new programs to address disputes in the workplace frequently wonder whether the cost of administering internal conflict resolution processes will justify the benefits of having them. Of course, many factors beyond cost are typically weighed…
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, landing as the number seven unhappiest job. As a part of our portfolio of services,…
Review of the first six tips on effective communication
We have now worked through half of the “Twelve Tips for Effective Communication” series! Because of last year’s extensive work demands, it has taken us some time to get to this point. So, before delving into the next communication tip, I thought it would be good to review the key points we have discussed to…