Who wants to go back into that place? The struggle with work is that if there is no connect between my talents, abilities and interests and the actual facts of work. The reason entrepreneurship “fits” is because my talents, abilities and interests are so scattered and unfocused. This “work” gives Read more…
As a good facilitator, when I walk into a room, I know when the crowd will be tough and when the crowd will be amenable, in about 30 seconds after I get into the room. There are tough crowds everywhere in my life, from my house and family, to the Read more…
I get asked a lot of questions. For the most part, I try to answer many of them in the FAQ section of the HSCT website. But then there are questions that don’t fit in the area of frequently asked questions on a website. And I’d like to answer some Read more…
In a conflict, the courageous don’t always win. And this is not fair. Winning can be defined as “getting an outcome beneficial to them and their perspective on the issue.” Winning can be defined as “making change in the face of opposition.” Winning can be defined as “seeing my ‘enemies’ Read more…
The difference between people who “succeed” and people who “fail” in a conflict scenario is individual levels of courage. Courage is in short supply and always has been since the days of the playground bully and meeting new people once you got off the bus for the first time in Read more…
Ruthlessly eliminate hurry in your life. Many time management seminars and productivity hacks, mobile applications, in-person trainings and coaching sessions, skirt around the core problem at the heart of modernity: There are only 24 hours in the day. The problem is not that people have too many tasks in their Read more…
Conflict resolution skills are not just for human resource professionals. As our workplaces shift away from being industrial based to being intellectually based, workplace locations are shifting from being physical to being ephemeral. But as we’ve noted in this space before, conflict stays the same because, while the jury may Read more…
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is the newest thing in the modern workplace. But, in spite of cloud storage and web based computing, people remain sticky and unreasonable. Conflict resolution skills are still considered soft skills, even in a workplace that requires deeply intellectually technical skills. HSCT offers workshops, training and coaching sessions Read more…
Anthropogenic is a big word that basically means, “the fault of human beings.” When we look at organizations built by human beings, from families to governments, there are a lot areas where anthropogenic issues combine to create a negative, toxic conflict climate. And since conflict is a process that never Read more…
The presence of climate change is real. And the climate is heating up the planet. Everywhere on earth there are objects expelling hot air, and other gases, that serve to create a harmful climate. And the climate that’s being created is the opposite of creative, nurturing and balanced. Changing the Read more…