by Lorraine Segal | Nov 16, 2018
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...
by Lorraine Segal | Oct 14, 2018
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...
by Lorraine Segal | Nov 13, 2011
Consensus building, like other valuable parts of negotiation and conflict resolution, is often messy and time consuming, but the result can be a vibrant, inclusive process of reaching decisions to which people feel deeply committed. I recently witnessed this in action...
