What Makes a Good Mediator?

What makes a good mediator? And how is it that mediators—who themselves lack any power to impose a solution—nevertheless often lead bitter disputants to agreement?

Of course, serious mediation training and substantive expertise are critical, as is keen analytic skill. But according to a survey by Northwestern University law professor Stephen Goldberg, veteran mediators believe that establishing rapport is more important to effective mediation than employing specific mediation techniques and tactics.

LinkedIn Personal Branding Strategy Checklist

Human beings are so individualistic that no two human beings have the same behavior and attributes.The best personal brand that we project today is with family, friends, co-workers or community we live in.In the hyper-connected age that we live in the internet and the real time nature of information flow makes it very imperative for us to make sure that there is alignment in the perception and reality of our brand .Read my post on LinkedIn Pulse on best practices on LinkedIn for making and nurturing connections.

Jon Gosier: The problem with "trickle-down techonomics"

Hooray for technology! It makes everything better for everyone!! Right? Well, no. When a new technology, like ebooks or health trackers, is only available to some people, it has unintended consequences for all of us. Jon Gosier, a TED Fellow and tech investor, calls out the idea of "trickle-down techonomics," and shares powerful examples of how new tech can make things actually worse if it's not equally distributed. As he says, "the real innovation is in finding ways to include everyone."

The Number One Reason Your Sales Team Writes Practice Proposals

What is a practice proposal?  Practice proposals  are those time consuming documents created for prospects that have no intention of doing business with your company.  This can be the prospect that buys on price not value.  Or, the prospect that doesn’t really have any pain, however, thinks it’s always a good idea to take a look at what’s out there.  (Yawn…..)

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