This is the last in my 10th business anniversary and 4th blogging anniversary retrospective series. Boy, it took a long time for me to select my favorites and it was a fun trip down several years’ worth of memory lanes.
I finally made the decisions based on two criteria: I had fun writing the post or it was personally meaningful to me, and the post generated feedback (in comments and emails) that told me it was funny or meaningful to many others. These are the ones that made the cut: [Read more...]
Earlier in the month I said that in celebration of 10 years in full-time private practice as a mediator and conflict management coach and consultant, I would be posting a retrospective of articles. This post is the first in that short series, which will continue into next week…If you’re relatively new to Conflict Zen® I hope they’re helpful and entertaining!
I’m in the habit of telling new coaching, mediation and consulting clients that the first stages of a difficult conversation can feel as though things are getting a bit messier. It’s usually only for a short time if it happens at all. I tell them this up front to let them know it’s a normal experience and to help them not lose hope when it happens.
