Thought for the day: “For some people, becoming a leader can be a real power trip. They relish the feeling of control over both people and information. And so they keep secrets, reveal little of their thinking about people and their performance, and hoard what they know about the business and its future. This kind [...]
Thought for the day: ‘If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner’. Nelson Mandela
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My period of exile is almost over. Apart from one or two bits of detail, my next book is finished. I’ll be [...]
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Thought for the day: ‘There cannot be a stress crisis next week, my schedule is already full’. Henry Kissinger
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I do hope that you have had a good week. Today’s missive is the second part of Teresa Heys newsletter on stress and well-being management. Thank you for the comments [...]
Thought for the day: ‘Stress: the confusion created when one’s mind overrides the body’s basic desire to choke the living daylights of out someone who desperately deserves it’…
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Dear Colleague
I hope you have had a good summer. I promised to be back with my weekly missive in September. Many line managers have returned [...]
Thought for the day: ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you’ The Bible
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Many people who are engaged in some form of dispute keep a record of events. In some cases, by the time parties have agreed to meet and mediate, a tree load of paperwork [...]
Thought for the day: “We should be quick to listen and slow to speak” James
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As some of you might know, Mediating Dangerously is the title of a book written by Ken Cloke. The book deals with how mediators might operate at an advanced and complex level. It includes many case studies. I [...]
Thought for the day: ‘We should put out a fire while it is still small’ Kalenjin
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Every 5 years, the Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications (SETA) is published. It is a fascinating read. It is to me anyway. A few weeks ago, the latest survey was published. It covers the period up to the [...]
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Thought for the day: “Save your breath to cool your porridge” Rabelais
A short thought. What can happen when conflict occurs at Board level?
There is a misnomer in some regards about conflict at Board level. You might recall me previously mentioning that conflict is scale free. By this I mean that conflict affects [...]
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Thought for the day: “Anyone who thinks the art of science is dead ought to tell a child to go to bed” Robert Gallagher
Happy Fathers Day!
In the Harvard Business Review on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, there is an interesting case study. Here is a summary.
A major supplier to a large business in [...]
Thought for the day: “There is nothing permanent, except change” Heraclitus
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I hope you had a good week. The England v USA football result? I’m saying nothing…
Over the last month I have had many, many conversations with people who are going through change at work. There is much uncertainty. Lots of people are [...]
