The meaning of “digging in our heels” according to one source is stubbornly resisting something or refusing to change, i.e. an opinion. The same source states that the origin is “probably related to the fact that if a person or an animal resists being pulled forward, the body will lean backwards and the heels will dig into the ground as the legs resist the forward motion.”

When we hold…

On December 14, 2012, the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary school where 26 people lost their lives shook the Connecticut community to its core and the news spread around the world. What do you do to help in these times of pain, angst and profound loss? Denise Labrecque and her friend…

Guest blogger, Dusty Rhoades, discusses the importance of theory in mediation.  You can read the article here.

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December 3rd :   Brains on Purpose: Traits and…

Check out my blog post on bringing mediator's tool to Thanksgiving Dinner in hopes of avoiding too many Turkey Day blow outs....

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By now you will know I like metaphors and idioms as ways of providing a creative context to consider conflicts and their impact. There is something fun and interesting about doing so. What else I find is that looking at conflict with a different lens also helps my coaching clients (and me when I am in conflict) to gain distance from the emotions and the event.

The topic today – about the metaphor to ruffle someone’s feathers - conjures up an image I smile about. I find I can easily…

Dealing with the normal stress of the holidays can be enough to handle. Then add those annoyances and disruptions you have to deal with in your neighborhood…loud holiday parties, cars blocking roads and your driveway, those bright holiday lights and decorations. All…

Mediation of Conflict Between Artists/Cultural Orgs.

A presentation done for the A&BC/Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts has been posted at their legal resource website.  Check it out and let me know your thoughts.

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Getting off on the wrong foot refers to those situations that sometimes happen during first encounters with others. This may be at the beginning of a relationship, project, discussion, or any other interaction, when we find ourselves off to an unproductive or uncomfortable start. Something may have happened in our interactions to create these experiences or we pick up something that is off-putting. Someone else may have gossiped to us about the person and their negative views stuck with us.…

The holidays are a wonderful time to be with family but the stress of getting there can wreak havoc on an otherwise joyous occasion. Following my mottos of"Know before you go" and "Plan and Prepare" you can start the holidays off on the right path. Ja'Vonne…

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Negotiation via (the New) Email

Forget everything you think you know about negotiating, mediating and engaging with conflict via email. That's what I did.

Exactly three years ago, I finished work on a chapter for a negotiation textbook (Michael Benoliel’s Negotiation Excellence: Successful Deal Making). The chapter focused on negotiation via email, and described the challenges, pitfalls and benefits of working thought this…

By Aruna Viswanatha and Jonathan Stempel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp asked a federal court on Friday to throw out two U.S. government lawsuits accusing the nation's second-largest bank of defrauding investors during the financial crisis.

The U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission had accused the bank in lawsuits filed in August in its Charlotte, North Carolina hometown of fraud in its sale of $850 million of residential…

I am having a difficult time trying to separate the wheat from the chafe.

• Quants are masters of statistics and use a combination of educated speculation and logical analysis to make the best possible investment decisions for their employers and their clients.

Salary

• As of May 2010, Payscale lists the median annual salary range of a quant as $60,063 through $92,849, although quantitative analysis…

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Social media and the Internet are transforming society, providing new benefits but also new hazards. Some have suggested that online…