Rejection comes in a litany of flavors: “We don’t have any conflicts here.” “We deal with conflicts really well here.” “We don’t really need your services right now, but if we do, we’ll give you a call.” “[silence]. Who are you again?” “How do you say your name?” “I don’t Read more…
I don’t know. The three words that kill any consulting, coaching, or training gig. The three words that kill any sale (B2B or B2C). The three words that kill any career around a meeting table. We recognize the vulnerability, powerlessness, and transparency in the “I don’t know” statement. And in Read more…
In order to effectively scale such transitive and necessary products as peace, honesty, good faith and courage, project work—freelancing—has to serve as the next step up from the typical minimal viable product, an entrepreneur might focus on developing. A blog (not a pretty website) may be the minimal viable product Read more…
Earbud_U, Season Two, Episode #1 (a) – Neil Denny, Mediator, Collaborative Lawyer, Author, Grudge & Forgiveness Expert Neil Denny’s perspective and approach to peace starts where most people think that the path ends—at forgiveness and reconciliation. But don’t get us wrong, he’s also a peace building entrepreneur who understands the Read more…
Earbud_U, Season Two, Episode #1 – Neil Denny, Mediator, Collaborative Solicitor, Author, Grudge & Forgiveness Expert Neil Denny’s perspective and approach to peace starts where most people think the path ends—at forgiveness and reconciliation. But don’t get us wrong, he’s also a peace building entrepreneur who understands the need that 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…
Wisdom and behaving ethically often overlap. But most often not always. In a mediation, arbitration, facilitation or when having a transformative moment with a transgressing client, ethics can go out the window for the professional peace builder. This is because facilitators, mediators, arbitrators—peace builders all—are human. There is the idea among Read more…
There are savvy peace builders all over the place. Unfortunately, sometimes it is difficult to talk with people who understand what is going on, with you, your business, or even your approach to peace. There are attorneys who mediate and volunteers who have dreams. There are professionals in the Read more…
We’ve talked about the savvy peace builder working on their project and about how to measure the value and worth of applause. We’ve talked about the people that matter when building your project and how to consider their contributions, versus the contributions of those who don’t matter. And how to Read more…
Persistence is tough. The savvy peacebuilding consultant knows this, because she has dealt with clients who would rather give up and return to the comfort of their past dysfunction, rather than attempt to go through the hard work of pushing through to create something new. Persistence requires energy. The savvy Read more…