Jeff Thompson's Blog – November 2010 Archive (4)

Unexpected Leadership Lessons: Effectiveness Through Humility & Common Ground

Yet another reason to be on Twitter (follow me @ADRhub and @mediatorjeff)- I came across a retweet by conflict coach Cinnie Noble (@CINERGYCoaching) who posted the following link below. It is from David Holzmer's (@DavidHolzmer) blog and it talks about leadership qualities. For those mediators who work 'beyond neutrality' and others who work in conflict resolution, the following could be of interest:

In “Four Lesson’s in Adaptive Leadership” Professor Michael Useem makes the case… Continue

Added by Jeff Thompson on November 28, 2010 at 8:59am — No Comments

Coaching With Compassion Can "Light Up" Human Thoughts

Thanks to @davidrock101 I came across the following article: …

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Added by Jeff Thompson on November 24, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Not Facing Someone Makes Them Comfortable???

I went the other day to an espresso bar (yes, I am a full-on coffee/espresso snob now!) and noticed something that I had to blog on. Being the massive observer of body language and nonverbal communication that I claim to be, I noticed the two people next to me.

They were both seated next to me, and I was standing at a high table drinking my…

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Added by Jeff Thompson on November 22, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Mediators To Be Fined For Body Language?

Will Mediators be the next to be fined? American football team the New York Jets will be fining star quarterback Mark Sanchez each time he slumps his shoulders, hangs his head down or trudges off the practice…

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Added by Jeff Thompson on November 6, 2010 at 3:29pm — No Comments