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September 22, 2020
A TODDLER'S WISDOMONCONFLICT RESOLUTIONLESSON #3A SMILE CAN MAKE EVEN BAD NEWS TOLERABLEReaders will recall that last year's newsletter was a series of "Life Lessons", in tribute to my late mother. This year, I am happy to report that I am learning and re-learning new...
Mediation is a dynamic process. This can mean stepping back, leaning out, and adopting a process that empowers the parties to set their own agenda and seek outcomes that may greatly vary from the objectives set forth in the briefs by lawyers who are trained as...
Yesterday was an interesting day for me. I spent the day in a training for a Personnel Commission for which I have served as a Hearing Officer for over a decade. At its conclusion, a very young female participant in the training took me aside and...
A TODDLER'S WISDOMON CONFLICT RESOLUTIONLESSON #2KEEP TRYING UNTIL THE PUZZLE PIECES FIT TOGETHERReaders will recall that last year's newsletter was a series of "Life Lessons", in tribute to my late mother. This year, I am happy to report that I am learning and...
A TODDLER'S WISDOMON CONFLICT RESOLUTIONLESSON #1LOOK FOR THE HELPERSReaders will recall that last year's newsletter was a series of "Life Lessons", in tribute to my late mother. This year, I am happy to report that I am learning and re-learning new life lessons...
LIFE LESSONS FROM MY MOTHERLESSON #12THE BEST IS YET TO COMEThis year's newsletter has been a series of "Life Lessons", in tribute to my late mother. They are lessons that have served me well as I apply them to mediation. Both trial and mediation require a...
I have taken a couple of months off from blogging. My husband and I embarked upon a much needed vacation to Tahiti and I knew, with my year-end flurry of cases and personal responsibilities, it might be more than I could manage to maintain. Today, on the...
LIFE LESSONS FROM MY MOTHERLESSON #11BRING GRATITUDE INTO EVERY DAYThis year's newsletter is a series of "Life Lessons", in tribute to my late mother. They are lessons that have served me well as I apply them to mediation. There's an old joke about a...
LIFE LESSONS FROM MY MOTHERLESSON #10LEADERSHIP WORKS BEST FROM BEHINDThis year's newsletter is a series of "Life Lessons", in tribute to my late mother. They are lessons that have served me well as I apply them to mediation. Nelson Mandela equated a great...
Some may have noticed that I have taken a 30 day hiatus from blogging. I did it intentionally, because I needed to tamp down the noise of every day conflict and listen without adding my voice to the chaos. I saw that Maria Shriver took a month off from her...
Monday, November 26, 2012Kenneth Feinberg is a mediator who sleeps well every night after getting countless victims of America's most notOrious tragedies to "yes." Feinberg, a lawyer, mediator, and author of the new book, "Who Gets What: Fair Compensation after...
By Careful preparation, Strategic negotiation and unfailing Optimism, most every Case can be closed through mediationIt is 10:25 a.m., and your client has just arrived (25 minutes late) for the mediation. The mediator is already in the other room with your opposing...