This month I’ve worked through the book Re-Centering: Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice by several editors and contributors. This is a book written from an ethnic minority perspective on contemporary negotiation…
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Quick Review: Leadership Coaching
Over the past couple of months I was going through the book Leadership Ccoaching: The Disciplines, Skills, and Heart of a Christian Coach by Tony Stoltzfus and it’s such a great resource for leaders….
In Memory of a Dear Friend
It’s been just over a week since getting the news that a dear friend of mine passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. Danielle (Tschirky) Montiel was my age, with kids…
Quick Review: Between the World and Me
Last week I finished Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. What a powerful book. I did this by audiobook, which was read by the author, and I think that made it even…
Quick Review: Negotiation (An Ex-Spy’s Guide Series)
So as I’m researching and reading the topic of Negotiation in a lot of contexts I decided to add this book to my reading more for fun. It’s a short, 100-page crash…
Quick Review: Crucial Accountability
After reading Crucial Conversations a couple months ago I wanted to also read Vital Smarts’ Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior. It used to be called Crucial…
Quick Review: Negotiating the Non-Negotiable
The best of the negotiation books I’ve read this year has been Daniel Shapiro’s Negotiating the Non-Negotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts. Shapiro heads the Harvard International Negotiation Program and was…
Negotiating Bed Time
My studies and research have led me heavily into the area of negotiation and conflict. On my daughter’s 7 year birthday I got a chance to test my new skills. I was…
Quick Review: Rising Strong
A few months ago I read Brene Brown’s Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. Last year I read her Daring Greatly as well as…