Category: Leadership

In the days after the towers fell on September 11, 2001, Americans everywhere came together to honor the dead and...

Janis Publications publishes Conflict Revolution: Mediating Evil, War, Injustice and Terrorism, by author, mediator and attorney Dr. Kenneth Cloke Santa...

The emergence of Barack Obama as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, and thus for the Presidency of the United...

This morning's guest blog -- Eye of the Storm Leadership:  Mediation as Leadership and Leadership as Mediation -- is by Peter...

Originally published in the LEADR Update April 2008If you want a thought-provoking, engaging and at times inspirational read then this...

Chapter One of Eye of the Storm Leadership: Guerilla Bridge Building.

The U.S. presidential run-up is a time to think about politics, conflict and leadership. The collective challenges we face --...

The following is the text as prepared for delivery of Senator Barack Obama’s speech on race in Philadelphia, as provided...

Introduction If you are a “leader” in any sense of the word, the ideas, stories, quotes, and exercises that follow...

From Colin Rule's blog. A few years ago, my friend Peter Adler hosted a meeting on Capitol Hill entitled "Political...

From Stephanie West Allen's blog on Neuroscience and conflict resolution . This month's Fast Company includes an article about four...

The current U.S. presidential election is a great time to think about the relationship of politics, conflict and leadership. The...

One trick ponies? Political leaders should be adept in many negotiation styles, not just one In this election year, everyone’s...

Presidential candidate Barack Obama's main political message represents the absorption of the mediation movement's essential themes at the highest level...

History may record the current presidential campaign as a turning point in how we think about leadership, choose a leader,...

A recent posting on the New York City Dispute Resolution Listserve, (NYC-DR@LISTSERVER.JJAY.CUNY.EDU), was troubling to me, both personally and professionally....

On Thursday evening, January 3rd, 2008, I watched Barack Obama appear to channel Dr. Martin Luther King and President John...

Final Conference Report Consolidating Our Collective Wisdom Best Counsel and Advice to the Next Generation October 8-11, 2006 at Keystone,...

As part of our work at the Leadership Development Institute at Eckerd College (LDI), a network associate of the renowned...

Conflict. The word conjures up images of opposition, fighting, adversaries, and other negative images. Yet, conflict can also be a...

John Helie was the 2005 recipient of the ACR Mary Parker Follet Award. John Helie is a great guy, a...

INTRODUCTION Conflict is a pervasive part of group and organizational culture (Fasnacht, 1990) which causes unmanaged conflict to be chaotic...

Aren’t there times when you just wonder what movie you’re in? Maybe it’s a good movie. People are surprising you...

From Of Seeds and Sowers, NAICR's distinguished newsletter that includes current programs, projects and tele-classes, as well as humor and...

It is an understatement to say that executives, managers and other leaders are faced with many challenges on a day...

The impending retirement of a founding partner can be a profound challenge. The engineers at SHN, a Eureka, California, professional...

The process of changing organizations is as old as humanity. The study of the Battle of Trafalgar offers insight into...