In using Nonviolent Communication in my work, I often think of the mediation beginning in the initial phone call. This idea of mediations building or accreting with the addition of...
By Ike Lasater, Julie StilesIntroduction: De-Escalation & the Mediated Dispute I posit that as conflict escalates, a person’s ability to deal with conflict through abstract thought decreases. Abstract thought can be defined as our...
By Kenneth B. GortonAn eager trial lawyer is retained by a victim of alleged sexual harassment (I’ll call her “Delilah”) by some of her coworkers and a supervisor. The workplace is filled with...
By Jan Frankel Schau