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By Kristina R Haymes

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Last Entry: January 18, 2008 at 21:18:27

Sports psychology: Belichick’s humble pie

Posted on January 18, 2008
You’ll have to forgive the sports talk, I’ve been a bit distracted with the NFL football playoffs. I’m from San Diego and a die hard Chargers fan and I’ve been having some good natured banter with a fellow mediation blogger, Diane Levin, over at www...

Simplify Your Life: resolve conflict

Posted on January 18, 2008
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” Hans Hofmann (abstract expressionist) Unresolved conflict is definitely a life or business complication. It drains energy and resources. Employee conflict costs businesses thousands upon thousands of dollars...

Sources of Conflict at Work: Part I

Posted on January 14, 2008
I have been planning a series of posts for the new year on the sources of conflict. This post is the first. Too often, conflict is driven not by the current issue (or what psychologists term the “presenting problem”) – which is usually just a symptom of something deeper...

How family businesses can create wealth for generations to come

Posted on January 12, 2008
Many successful family businesses were founded by driven, entrepreneurial individuals. Yet, too often wealth from one generation (or a successful family business) gets squandered by the next. A new book called, Get Rich, Stay Rich, Pass It On (The Wealth-Accumulation Secrets of America’s Richest Families) by McBreen & Walper reveals two keys to perpetual wealth: (1) Continually [...

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Perspective — it is so easy to lose

Posted on January 01, 2008
Perspective – Dictionary.com defines perspective: 5. the state of one’s ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship: You have to live here a few years to see local conditions in perspective. 6. the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship: Your data is admirably detailed but it lacks perspective...

The Tricky Business of Resolving Sexual Harrassment Claims

Posted on November 12, 2007
*Julie* was hesitant to tell anyone about what was going on at work. She was mortified by the entire situation. The Vice President of Sales, *Mike*, in another department would go out of his way to locate her. He would come by her work station, ogle her, running his eyes up and down her body...

Know Your Triggers

Posted on November 08, 2007
When I set up the mediation sessions with parties I usually ask them to provide me with relevant background information. One question I ask is what their “hot buttons” or triggers are. We all have triggers or “buttons” that when pushed set us off...

What is your plan B?

Posted on November 08, 2007
I’m reading the new book by William Ury, The Power of the Positive NO (how to say NO and still get to Yes). Before going into a negotiation, Ury reminds us to have a “plan B.” He and Fisher called it the BATNA in Getting to Yes, your “best alternative to a negotiated agreement...

Divorce Mediation — Can it save your marriage?

Posted on November 08, 2007
I’m sure you’re familiar with the statistics: they say 50% of first marriages end in divorce. If you think it gets better the second time around, guess again: 60% of second marriages end in divorce. Divorce mediation has grown over the past 20+ years...

Is your Family Business Dysfunctional?

Posted on July 26, 2007
One of the areas of mediation and conflict management that I focus on is family business disputes. Family business disputes are particularly appropriate for a mediation or a conflict management intervention because the mix of personal issues, family relationships, family history, business issues and all the rest create anxiety and heated emotions on the personal and [...

Employment / Workplace Mediation Case Study — risky losing strategy

Posted on July 19, 2007
Employment Mediation Case Study Lesson High Tech Co.’s Risky Losing Strategy *All names and parties are fictitious High Tech Co. just bought a small start-up company that had some cool technology that it wanted to add to its repertoire. Along with the technology, High Tech Co...

Power of Apology Part II

Posted on July 17, 2007
I recently posted about the power of an apology particularly when coupled with a multi-million dollar settlement as in the LA priest sex abuse scandal. Today I discovered another mediator’s blog, Christopher Annunziata of the CKA Mediation and Arbitration Blog, and his posts about the power of apology in mediation...