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March 8, 2011 In Leadership, Personal Effectiveness, Teams

Keep Balanced, Keep Going

A senior leader client recently told me about some challenges she is managing. It was not her own stress that was most concerning to her but that of her direct reports. She talked about one of her managers who came unglued recently after a stressful

June 14, 2010 In Leadership

Ethical Leadership in a Time of Suspicion and Transparency

It has become much more challenging to lead organizations — from large multinationals to local non-profits — as a result of two growing dynamics: suspicion and transparency. Suspicion has been brought on primarily by the unethical and sometimes illegal behavior of certain leaders; the transparency

March 23, 2010 In Conflict-Resolution

Why Midsize and Large Law Firms Should Consider Using an Ombudsman

Conflict: Familiar, Inevitable, and Challenging to Manage Formally Most organizations have conflict. In a law firm setting, organizational conflict might involve employment decisions, such as performance reviews, partnership decisions, or claims of mistreatment ranging from annoying behavior to actionable discrimination or harassment. Law firm conflict

December 6, 2009 In Leadership

Women and Negotiation: Why and How Men Should Come to the Table

A book about women and negotiation caught my attention recently. It is called Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide, by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever. Ms. Babcock is a professor of economics and Ms. Laschever is a writer, both based in the United

April 4, 2009 In Conflict-Resolution

Enhancing Organizational Dispute Resolution (DR); Leveraging Learning from Conflict

Introduction Many large organizations benefit from internal (in-house) dispute resolution (DR) programs. These services can be highly successful in terms of resolving disputes quickly and informally, thereby avoiding the potential of litigation against the company, the reduction in productivity and engagement, and/or the loss of talent.