There are a lot of tips, tricks, “how-to’s” and hack based articles, blog posts, and columns, everywhere. And there always have been. Partially, this is because the people reading the articles want the easy out. This is evidenced in corporate training where attendees will say “I don’t want the theory, Read more…
When you talk with divorce and family lawyers about divorces, separations, or even “conscious uncouplings” a statement they always make in the course of the conversation focuses around their amazement that couple choose to go through a litigation based process. In particular, their statement tends to focus on the fact Read more…
There are values. There are beliefs. There are principles. Values are what we are willing to put our lives, our fortune, and our sacred honors on the line to defend, protect, and advocate for. Values are based typically in a moral or ethical code, or standard of behavior, sometimes enforced Read more…
The fact of the matter is, credibility for the mediator is either eroded or strengthened in two spaces: At the table In a caucus At the table, the mediator can establish credibility early, by being on time, looking prepared and professional and by demonstrating knowledge, empathy, active listening skills and Read more…
“Trust me. I got this.” If there is any other phrase that precedes a sense of oncoming dread and mistrust, it’s this one. If there is a statement that preceded eventual conflict more than any other, we aren’t aware of it. Trust, when freely given, often operates as a noun, Read more…
Have you ever heard the one about the consultant who mediated their own divorce? No? Neither have we. We’ve just heard the story many times before and wondered how much of that could have been avoided with some conversations. As a professional consultant though, in the area of conflict, or Read more…
Garage sales are the closest that many people will get to the retail experience in their own home. A number of items in the household are determined to be of value—sentimental, monetary, emotional or utilitarian—and then they are selected and sold to others. The display of items is critical—the better Read more…
We here at the HSCT Communication Blog are all thankful this day for many things: The country where we live, The family that we have, The connections we are about to make, The business that we are growing, The tools that we have to explore the world, The intellect and Read more…
Trust is evident when a company, organization, association or individual promotes themselves, their ideas, their products or their services online, either via social media or via search. Trust works in a social sense (again, both on and off line) because without a relationship, even if it’s a tangential one, connection Read more…