I often hear leaders bemoan the fact that their employees are simply not willing to engage in mediation as an option for addressing difficult workplace dynamics. That the door is closed before it has even properly been opened. The idea of mediation can be extremely anxiety-provoking – especially when past conversations have been difficult and when… Read more →
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10 Actions for Peace
With the year wrapping up and the holiday season well nigh, I have found myself falling prey to getting caught up in the “busy”. I know better too! Worrying about “all the things that need to be done” is a trap I set for myself and takes away from enjoying the time spent in… Read more →
Leveraging HR Partnerships to Optimize Organizational Health: Best Practices in Conflict Management
The call was like many others that our mediation firm has received over the years. A Senior HR leader was calling about a particular department that had been experiencing acute tensions on the team. What had initially started as interpersonal strain between a manager and a few staff had proliferated over time and was… Read more →
Resonant Leadership and Compassion: Practice Compassion Through Coaching
Part Three in the series on Leadership, Mindfulness, Hope & Compassion by Eleanor Moore. In Part One and Two in this series on Resonant Leadership, the focus was on how Leaders sustain themselves so that they can “stay in the game”. Compassion is the third element that helps leaders to lead others well, effect change that… Read more →
Unburden yourself through forgiveness
Authored by: Louise Pelletier I recently attended an advanced training session on Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Mediation with Kenneth Cloke. In the mediation world, Ken is known as a guru so I was fairly confident that the sessions would be valuable. If I can walk away with one ‘nugget’ of information that is going to… Read more →