It is common in the midst of conflict that we become more assertive about our perspective - especially when the other person is equally or more assertive about hers or his. One or both of us may push our viewpoints to the extent that things escalate and stronger feelings evolve – accompanied by even more push back. It is as though both of us are convinced and have to convince the other that our view is the perfect and correct one.

The expression ‘a clash of imperfect ideas’ is one I…

We hope that we, and our family and loved ones will come together in the kindest ways when someone we care about is dying. We hope the shared experience of loss will bring out the best in us. But grief and loss brings all kinds of feelings to the surface-sweet memories and shared pleasure right along with sorrow, old wounds and resentments. And of course, fears about our own…

In this episode of the Conflict Specialists Show, Dave Hilton interviews F. Peter Phillips, Esq. from Business Conflict Management in New Jersey.

Some of the topics in today's episode:

• International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
  
  
• Franchise Mediation
  
  
• Insurance…

5th Annual Warren Knight Award Presented to the Center for Conflict Resolution

Chicago – The JAMS Foundation’s Fifth Annual Warren Knight Award will be presented to the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago, along…

I’ve commented before on the wonderful work done by the Distance Mediation Project conducted by the Mediate BC Society in British Columbia.  As I’ve noted in this piece on e-mediation, they were the first to conduct serious evaluation on a carefully structured e-mediation project. Based on this experience, the Distance Mediation Project…

Fifth Annual Warren Knight Award Presented to the Center for Conflict Resolution

April 5, 2013

Chicago – The JAMS Foundation’s Fifth Annual Warren Knight Award will be presented to the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago, along with a $25,000 grant. The award recognizes the work CCR has done with individuals, communities, courts and other institutions to manage and resolve conflicts. The organization received the award at the ABA Dispute…

As long as I can remember when I heard people yell at each other, or one person yelling at someone, I reacted internally with fear. I do not know how to articulate my fears. I just know there was something unnerving for me. When I began to work in the conflict management field I was increasingly exposed to situations in which people yelled and I became more and more aware of the range of things that seemed to incite people to scream at one another. To do my work effectively, I reflected on…

Elder mediation can enhance family communication skills and change the face of health care as we know it. It promotes dignity and respect and enhances the quality of life for all concerned. Elder mediation is a focused, preventative, respectful process – usually multi-party, multi-issue and intergenerational - whereby a trained elder…