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Is an apology necessary before you can forgive someone?     Absolutely not. Of course, forgiveness is a decision that only you...

Do You Need a Framework or a Formula for Navigating Conflict? I spoke with someone recently who was looking for...

The rise of remote work has brought employees and employers an unprecedented level of flexibility, but also many new challenges....

Every year I train hundreds of professionals and university students on what I call “conflict competence,” or how to accept,...

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian speaks with Dr. Fahimeh Abedi, Research Fellow at the Centre for AI...

A person does not have to be particularly gifted to be able to make disagreements worse. On the other hand,...

There are many causes of constructive and destructive conflict, and we try to engage in conflict in meaningful ways. There...

“Faces always talk too much.  One line and all their plans are revealed.”  — Floriano Martins  Martins, a Brazilian poet, is not...

Carlo Ancelotti stands out as a revered and esteemed personality within the multifaceted realm of football management. A household name...

(interview by ChatGPT) In this edition of the Mediate.com Great Reads Book Club, ChatGPT interviews Abdi Aidid and Benjamin Alarie,...

“Cheeky” is defined by the Collins English Dictionary as “slightly rude or disrespectful but in a charming or amusing way...

Arguments are an unavoidable part of life, but they’re not always bad. Whether between a parent and child, two partners,...

Operating since 2007 with the mission to build local skills for peace and promote mediation worldwide, Mediators Beyond Borders International...

I’d like to comment on a seven-day workshop I once attended in Westminster, Colorado. This experience is called “Ultimatum” and...

This post started as a response to Jen Reynolds’s comment about my Avatar Mediation post.  It has grown into this new post about AI...

It’s my job as a conflict advisor, mediator, and Boss Whisperer® coach to detect the disconnects within relationships that create...

Georgia adopted its first mediation law much more recently than Italy. Previously, Georgia had only limited provisions in its Code...

Although modern mediation and other out-of-court settlement practices have emerged mainly from common law legal cultures, many civil law countries...

“Won’t Someone Take Over for Me?” read a recent headline in the Business Section of The New York Times (01/05/2023). ...

As I have previously mentioned, I am in a book club which reads and discusses books about conflict resolution. The latest...

Recently, I reread three books that, as a total set, inspired me to revisit my understanding of human nature and,...

Small businesses are just as likely as large and mid-sized companies to get involved in disputes with suppliers, customers, competing...

Shoot it down! This was the rallying cry of Republicans all last week after a large balloon identified by US...

Are you required to negotiate your salary? No, but it is a good idea. Here are 3 reasons why you...

Can the TKI Conflict Model (i.e., the five conflict modes along with the assertiveness, cooperativeness, distributive, integrative, and protective dimensions) shed some...

This article discusses some civility and ethical issues we experience in our professional practices. While accepting the Republican presidential nomination...

Introduction: Conflicts happen when one party believes that another damaged or diminished their interests. When we take these beliefs to...

Choosing mediation to resolve long and complicated legal wrangles is encouraged across the legal sector and yet, in some cases,...

For those of you who are not sports/baseball fans, you may not have known (or cared) that Aaron Judge, who...

Conflict Management Coaching Blog by Cinnie Noble Hello: Here are my conflict resolutions for 2023. Again, I have had to...