I don’t think I can jump back into the blogging world after an almost six-month hiatus without some sort of an explanation. After all, in the blogging world, if you miss a day or a week, you are really behind. Six months, well, you might as well have… died!
Anyway, here’s the short of […]
There we sat, within the confines of the Judge’s chambers, the beautiful library with mahogony shelves filled with law books surrounded us — the judge, my adversary, and the judge’s law clerk off to the corner.
We had not been there more than seven minutes when the Judge, presuming to have gleaned enough information about the […]
In marketing a professional service, remember you are your brand.
Interviews done by Jeff Kichaven and the research done by the MATA folks, reveal some of the qualities people look for in a mediator. I have posted about them before:
Integrity — if you say that you will keep something in confidence, do not breach […]
Hey, January is just about HALF over. I know.
Did you prepare your mediation marketing and business plan for 2008 in December like all the *experts* say you should?
Well, even if you’re late (like I am with this blog post) fear not. I wanted to get my own new year planning done before I […]
The New Year is here… and now is the perfect time to put on your strategic planning cap.
Before we look forward to what it is you want to build this year and how it fits into your five and ten year plans…
We look back and assess the lessons from 2007.
Here’s a great list of questions […]
Hello fellow mediators, arbitrators and conflict managers!
It has been a long break and I am back. I have thought of you often and have longed to come and jot a few notes here and there.
Alas, I hope you all had a blessed Christmas or Hannukah. We enjoyed some time off in the […]
Ah yes, freedom…
Doesn’t that word inspire positive thoughts?
Perhaps it’s because we are indoctrinated (those of us in the US) through our history and guiding fictions that we live in the “home of the brave and the land of the free.” We pay dearly for our “freedom.”
Today, I’m not talking about national or political freedom, […]
It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged about inner game stuff.
You know, the game that takes place on the inside. One of my favorite subjects.
I’m sure as mediators you understand on some level that our inner world creates our outer world.
Well, what is true in one arena may be true in another.
I was recently perusing […]
I am in a generous mood. In the spirit of carrying on my dad’s legacy (one of his main legacies was an incredibly generous spirit), I am happy to announce:
Now, for a limited time, I’m going to provide you with the link to my Mediation TeleSeminar Podcasts here: http://podcast.thebasementventures.com/telcorecordings/podcast.rss?bridge=630700. Just copy this link […]
Fellow mediators and conflict resolutionists,
I just discovered this blog and you should too:
Stephanie Allen West, JD and Jeffrey M. Schwartz, MD bring us the Brains on Purpose blog which discusses neuroscience and conflict resolution.
Two of my favorite subjects.
Check it out.
We all want to live purposeful lives.
NEVER GIVE UP!
Kristina