Lost in a Conflict Story

Lost in a Conflict Story

You can’t heal a conflict if you get lost in your own story. You can’t heal a conflict if you get lost in your own story. My conflict coaching clients are far more likely to have a successful resolution or positive change in their conflict, when I can help them...
Effective Conflict Management versus a Quick “Fix”

Effective Conflict Management versus a Quick “Fix”

Photo by Daniel Hjalmarsson on Unsplash Effective Conflict Management versus a Quick “Fix”Sometime potential individual clients or institutions and organizations who want to hire me are looking for a quick fix for their longstanding conflict management problems. They...
The Ripple Effect of Good Conflict Skills

The Ripple Effect of Good Conflict Skills

Photo by Jordan McDonald on Unsplash When one person gets better conflict skills, the whole organization can shift When someone at a workplace, particularly in a leadership position, learns how to understand and manage conflict better, it doesn’t just change them for...
Good Work Meetings Promote Harmony, Lessen Conflict

Good Work Meetings Promote Harmony, Lessen Conflict

  I intuitively knew I wanted to include meeting facilitation as one of the topics in the conflict management professional development certificate program I created at Sonoma State University, but I hadn’t articulated why, until a student asked me,” Is the class...
The Power of Trying in Conflict Management

The Power of Trying in Conflict Management

The Power of Trying in Conflict Management The power of trying often gets a bad rap in today’s culture. I remember years ago being told that “if you’re trying, you’re planning to fail.” Nike says “Just do it”. And I just saw a marque sign outside of a local middle...