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Paintball Rifle for Line Cutters?
In the first chapter of A is for Asshole, the Grownups’ ABCs of Conflict Resolution, we dissect and illuminate why an otherwise sober member of the Fourth Estate might resort to the purchase of a...
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in which the author thanks her writers' group
That we accomplish anything whatsoever without the support of our friends and families and colleagues and even the random kind stranger is a particularly American delusion. Whenever I read a book,...
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An asshole is not a person but a behavior, not one person but two . . .
I felt a great deal of kinship with the writers of the Rally to Restore Sanity today, particularly that part of John Stewart’s speech about how we cooperate with one another in traffic regardless of...
View ArticleExtreme Negotiations at HBR
Check out Extreme Negotiations at Harvard Business Review this month (kicker: What U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan have learned about the art of managing high-risk, high-stakes situations). I have to...
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"You Park Like an Asshole" ~ How Not to Commence Negotiations
Priming Legal Negotiations is the winner of this week's Golden Asshole Award. /* An autographed copy of A is for Asshole, the Grownups' ABCs of Conflict Resolution will be winging its way to author...
View ArticleE is for enemy ~ Poland (and we) demonize without them
I've said this before. "I don't take it personally" is the biggest lie in the legal business. Well, that and "it's only about money" which is pretty much the same thing. But let's pretend that you,...
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Happy Holidays from She Negotiates and the ABCs of Conflict
Fa la la la la la la la la . . . . Catch us over at ForbesWoman on the battle of the Gens and why peace and gratitude will bring prosperity to all in 2011. With gratitude to all of our ForbesWoman...
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Advance Praise for A is for Asshole, the Grownups' Guide to Conflict Resolution
Book launch in September! Stay tuned! If you always wanted a raw, gutsy, no-holds-barred, emotionally wrenching, profoundly inspiring, intellectually challenging account of what actually happens in...
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"F" is for Friend: the Owners' Manual
My Twitter account tells me I have more than 2,000 “followers,” and my Facebook page suggests I add someone new to my account as a “friend” nearly every day. Despite our modern online age, people do...
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"O" is for Outlaw: Anyone YOU Know?
Nearly every condominium complex harbors an outlaw – the man, woman, couple or family – who refuses to follow the rules. It could be the young couple blasting the woofers off their stereo at 3 am, the...
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V is for Victim, Who Rarely Get to Have Their Say
(in the criminal justice system, victims rarely get to have their say) Every act of violence requires a victim, and every victim a perpetrator. Even if victim and offender are strangers, in the searing...
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D is for Drama Queen ~> that guy in the office who's always stirring the pot
Here's another character everyone will recognize – the Drama Queen. Male or female, the Drama Queen stirs the pot of conflict to add emotional intensity and intrigue to an otherwise ordinary business...
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B is for Bully
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H is for Hero
It was an unusually clear and sunny Tuesday morning in September when Thomas Burnett Jr., senior vice president and chief operating officer of a medical research company, boarded a plane in Newark, New...
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The Negotiation Doctors Are In At The Daily Muse
Starting this week with Questions to Ask Before Negotiating, the co-founders of She Negotiates Consulting and Training will be answering your negotiation questions (men's and women's) twice a month at...
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Settlement Value of Asbestos Claims: Experts Clash: $1.3 Billion or $270...
The way juries decide which expert to believe is an entire field of study that I won't go into here other than to say that one report concluded that Jurors [often] try to unravel the factors leading to...
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What to Do When Negotiation Turns to Squabbling
Negotiators—whether politicians or homebuyers—begin with bold concessions which rapidly shrink the gulf between opposing sides. But like curves approaching an asymptote in geometry, as they near an...
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