In some of my research, I read Conflict Management and African Politics by Terrence Lyons and Gilbert M. Khadiagala. This was one of the few books I could find to explore African…
Tag: Negotiation
Quick Review: Negotiating in Asia
One of the books I read in preparing for a new leadership course on negotiation I taught this year was Robert Azar’s Negotiating in Asia: A Practical Guide to Succeeding in International Negotiations. …
Quick Review: Building Peace – Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies
I have been wanting to read much more of John Paul Lederach’s work, but just haven’t made it happen – until now. I read through his Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies,…
Quick Review: Reframing Organizations
I read Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal last month and wanted to highlight it for my organizationally inclined friends. This is a classic…
Quick Review: Cultural Intelligence
I was able to read recently Cultural Intelligence: Surviving and Thriving in the Global Village by David C. Thomas and Kerr Inkson. There is a newer edition out than the one I…
Quick Review: Culture & Conflict Resolution
I recently read Culture & Conflict Resolution by Kevin Avruch. This book is from the international negotiations realm but has some really good content on how to understand culture, identity, and conflict that extends into a lot…
Quick Review: Resolving Identity Based Conflict
As I continue in my research, a unique and different mediation or conflict intervention model is found in Jay Rothman’s Resolving Identity-Based Conflict in Nations, Organizations, and Communities. Rothman’s model is the…
Quick Review: Negotiating the impossible
I just finished and really enjoyed Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts by Deepak Malhotra. It’s the next negotiation book in quite a line of them that I am reading. Malhotra is…
Quick Review: How to Think
I have greatly enjoyed Alan Jacobs’ How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. But at the time of writing, the e-book is $1.99 at last check so I’d encourage you to check it out if you haven’t…