The Sound of Silence!

The Sound of Silence is a song written by  and released in 1964  by Simon and Garfunkel. It was used  in the movie, The Graduate. Its lyrics include the phrases: “People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening.” It is the last phrase I want to dwell on: People hearing [Read More]

By |February 16th, 2024|Negotiation Strategy|

Mediation Skills in Everyday Life!

My husband decided to purchase windshield wiper blades at Costco for our Audi.  A few days later, when we took the Audi in for repair, we asked  the repair person to put on the new blades. He advised that they were the wrong ones and would order the correct ones [Read More]

By |December 1st, 2023|Negotiation|

How Do You Define “Ethics?”

In a recent post, I discussed a book I just finished reading, The Power of Ethics by Susan Liautaud (Simon and Schuster, New York, NY 2021). While Professor Liautaud made many interesting points, her definition of "ethics" caught my attention: "For centuries, we have shared common expectations of how we [Read More]

By |September 3rd, 2021|Research|

Interpersonal Skills

The end of the semester is drawing near in my online employment mediation dispute class. The theme of the last discussion board is reflective: what three things has each student learned from or skills developed or improved upon in this course. There is a saying to the effect that as [Read More]

By |April 30th, 2021|Mediations|
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