I was asked by a couple of people to share my tribute to my mom that I shared at her memorial, which was held on August 19th, 2023 at Arbor Road Church….
Author: Brian
Quick Review: The 6 Types of Working Genius
A couple of years ago I was introduced to Patrick Lencioni’s Working Genius assessment and went through it. I later ended up going through it with the members of a board of…
Quick Review: Get to the Point!
Do you ever struggle to condense a presentation, message, email, or essay to its essentials and ensure maximum impact? I do! My dissertation was ultimately all in all over 350 pages and…
Re-Entry: The Hunger and Loss of Adventure
One of the amazing things about travel, and more than travel, living in another part of the world is that things are different. It’s what makes cultural adjustment difficult. But it’s also…
Re-Entry: Changing the Photos
When do you change the photos? We all face this simple family decision. When do we update the family photo in the living room? When do we swap out the old family…
Re-Entry: Sarcasm
One of the re-entry journeys that I did not expect was how difficult it was for our family to get re-acquainted with sarcasm after most of the last decade in Asia. For…
Re-Entry: Framings and Metaphors
Our family just got back from a 1-night overnighter. We have wanted to get away for a family touchpoint and when the temperature reached 110 degrees, well – as good as a…
The 4-Cell Model of Negotiation
For access to the research summaries and dissertation let me know. Before introducing aspects of the theory that emerged in my research and analysis on unequal negotiation and flourishing outcomes, it’s important…
Foundations: What is Negotiation?
This is the first of what I hope to be many smaller and more accessible posts that unpack a lot of the insights that emerged in the dissertation research I did on…