Whats's Happening 09.20.11

Coming Face To Face With Emotion Behind Office Conflict

Restorative justice has found favour in the workplace, writes Kelly Burke.

Bullying, violence, greed, sexual harassment and revelations of infidelity are all in a day's work for Jack Manning, the fictional workplace negotiator played by Matthew Newton in the Michael Rymer film Face to Face.

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Glasgow 2011: Interfaith Engagement

As this is posted, I should be just about to land in Glasgow, Scotland. I am once again fortunate enough to be part of an interfaith delegation trip sponsored by the Interfaith Center of New York who’s purpose is to bring interfaith leaders from Glasgow, Barcelona, and New York City during a 3 year-3 city tour to share their ideas, best practices and explore ways to be more effective in their respective cities with their conflict resolution and communication work.

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Rapport Wasn't built in a day

Jason Dykstra- Ok...you got me, the saying is actually "Rome wasn't built in a day" so I changed it to something more relevant; "Rapport wasn't built in a day." Right? Well, here's the thing...I don't really believe that either... Rapport can be built with someone within the first 5 minutes (Not a scientific fact...but something that I know).