Keyword: mediation

Consensus-Oriented Decision-Making
The CODM Model for Facilitating Groups to Widespread Agreement
by Tim Hartnett

For any group or organization to function effectively, it must be able to make decisions well. Consensus-Oriented Decision-Making is the first book to offer groups (and group facilitators) a clear and efficient path togenerating widespread agreement …
related subjects: Progressive Leadership

The Joy of Conflict Resolution
Transforming Victims, Villains and Heroes in the Workplace and at Home
by Gary Harper

The rapid rate of change in the workplace and among families often leads to conflict and confrontation which can undermine productivity and poison relationships. The Joy of Conflict Resolution helps readers understand conflict and why it arises …
related subjects: Progressive Leadership

Somebodies and Nobodies
Overcoming the Abuse of Rank
by Robert W. Fuller

In the on-going attempts to overcome racism and sexism in North America today, we are overlooking another kind of discrimination that is no less damaging and equally unjustifiable. It is a form of injustice that everyone knows, but no one sees: …

The Art of Focused Conversation
100 Ways to Access Group Wisdom in the Workplace
by R. Brian Stanfield & The Institue for Cultural Affairs

Communication within many organizations has been reduced to email, electronic file transfer, and hasty sound bytes at hurried meetings. More and more, people appear to have forgotten the value of wisdom gained by ordinary conversations. The Art of …
related subjects: Progressive Leadership