Arbitration & Mediation

Mediation and negotiation link roundup: good stuff worth reading

By Diane Levin

Every couple of weeks I round up here at Mediation Channel the links to articles I’ve shared with my followers on Twitter. (For those of you not familiar with this popular social media tool, you may wish to read “Negotiating Twitter: a mediator test drives the hot social media craze“, an article I recently wrote.)

Here’s the latest batch for your reading pleasure. I hope you find them interesting, useful, or just plain entertaining:

• Haggling for fun at the 99-cent store: lessons for negotiating in economic tough times via Salon.com.
• Newsflash! Employees treated fairly less likely to sue, according to management lawyer in podcast interview.
• Another reason to avoid trial: in judging others, juries view mitigating information differently depending on the individual in question, from Psychology Today.
• Cha-ching! To soothe sting of rejection or physical pain, think about money, according to an article on science blog Not Exactly Rocket Science.
• Blame your parents for bad money choices: our genes influence how we make economic decisions, according to a recent study.
• Make a joyful noise - celebrating peace and religious tolerance through hip-hop, a collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian musicians.
• An article on Time’s web site discusses studies that suggest that stereotypes defeat those who are stereotyped, causing them to perform less well in stressful situations.
• Getting to yes at home: Women need to build negotiation skills to get a fair deal from spouses, significant others.
• In the debate over judicial activism and neutrality, one judge makes the case that right or left, all judges are activists because of the extent to which our personal experiences color our perceptions.
• For solo business owners (and that includes mediators), a smart article on creating the illusion of size to compete effectively with bigger firms, via Law Practice Today.
• Subliminal messages: Imperius curse or free-speech right? Thought-provoking article on neuromarketing and constitutional law from the Neuroethics and Law Blog.
• Courtesy of Esquire, here are the 5 tackiest lawyer ads ever. Hat tip to law blogger Chris Annunziata.

Full post as published by Online Guide to Mediation on May 21, 2009 (boomark / email).