I read a few weeks back Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice by Daniel W. Van Ness and Karen Heetderks Strong as one of several different peacemaking systems I’ve been reading…
Category: Books
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…
Quick Review: Beyond Reason
Another help Negotiation book I’ve gone through in the last few weeks is Roger Fisher and Daniel Shapiro’s Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate. This isn’t the most dynamic of books content-wise,…
Quick Review: Crucial Conversations
Among the negotiation books I have been going through the last month or two is Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High. There’s a lot on this one out on the…