The ultimate purpose of managing interpersonal conflict is to grow us emotionally in self-awareness, storytelling, emotional management, and moral and ethical character. There aren’t any apps, searches, or other fancy technological shortcuts for the development of those traits in us.
Values and character matter more than educational level when hiring people in an organization. We can debate why that fact is important, but many organizations suffer from the effects of ethical lapses, poor judgment calls, and eroding communication patterns because they valued education above values and character. Education in employees. Read more…
The fundamental ethical issue of our time is how to engage with a world where situations and systems, are fundamentally indecent. And sometimes the people inside of these systems and situations choose to behave and respond indecently—and to do it repeatedly. The issue is not whether or not historical past 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…
The European High Court handed down their opinion dubbed the “right to be forgotten.” What’s missing in all of the subsequent debate occurring around issue of privacy versus censorship, is the very real issue about a lack of organizational (read “Googles’”) ethical dealing. “Organizations are seeking honest, fair, reliable, benevolent Read more…
Conflict avoidance has a long and storied history. On this day, Good Friday, we recall that the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate “washed his hands” of “that whole Jesus issue” sometime around AD 30. The action (partially for the crowd, curiously enough) was symbolic, but symbols had mass meaning in times Read more…
We have had many guest bloggers in the last two months here on the HSCT Communication Blog. Our first guest blogger, Larry Wolverton, Change Maker & Chief Connector at Top Tier Liaison & Conflict Resolution Services in Arizona, has returned to the friendly confines to provide us with another round Read more…
In the continuing effort to add the most value to your life that we possibly can here at Human Services Consulting and Training (HSCT), we are bringing back Pastor Joe Coudriet of Southern Tier Family Life Church (STFLC) based out of Binghamton, NY. This is the second part of his Read more…
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”– George Bernard Shaw This week’s Human Services Consulting and Training (HSCT) Guest Blogger, Pastor Joe Coudriet, along with his wife, Pastor Dawn Coudriet, is the minister of Southern Tier Family Life Church (STFLC), based out of Read more…
“The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking. The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I would have become a watchmaker.” – Albert Einstein The Human Services Consulting and Training (HSCT) guest blogger for this week, Read more…