Do you ever struggle to condense a presentation, message, email, or essay to its essentials and ensure maximum impact? I do! My dissertation was ultimately all in all over 350 pages and…
Tag: leadership
Re-Entry: Sarcasm
One of the re-entry journeys that I did not expect was how difficult it was for our family to get re-acquainted with sarcasm after most of the last decade in Asia. For…
The 4-Cell Model of Negotiation
For access to the research summaries and dissertation let me know. Before introducing aspects of the theory that emerged in my research and analysis on unequal negotiation and flourishing outcomes, it’s important…
Foundations: What is Negotiation?
This is the first of what I hope to be many smaller and more accessible posts that unpack a lot of the insights that emerged in the dissertation research I did on…
Some Communication Takeaways from the Bears End of Season Press Conference Disaster
In the aftermath of another almost disastrous, but at the very least, average, Chicago Bears season, I took an hour from grinding through producing lecture videos for a few online courses to…
Quick Review: Win the Heart
I got a recommendation a bit ago that this was a great book so I was excited to read Win the Heart: How to Create a Culture of Full Engagement by Mark Miller….
Quick Review: Conflict Management and African Politics
In some of my research, I read Conflict Management and African Politics by Terrence Lyons and Gilbert M. Khadiagala. This was one of the few books I could find to explore African…
Quick Review: Negotiating in Asia
One of the books I read in preparing for a new leadership course on negotiation I taught this year was Robert Azar’s Negotiating in Asia: A Practical Guide to Succeeding in International Negotiations. …
Quick Review: Building Peace – Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies
I have been wanting to read much more of John Paul Lederach’s work, but just haven’t made it happen – until now. I read through his Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies,…