| Wrongful Dismissal and Blame-storming - The Impact on Organizational Culture |
When an organization creates a culture that is focused on blame and punishment, denial and deflection it impacts not only on those directly involved but also on the organization as a whole - including other employees. |
21 July, 2010
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| Can the Lockout and Labour Conflicts at the Port in Montreal Be Resolved? |
Do the leaders of the longshoremen and the Maritime Employers Association have the courage to resolve this conflict or will they take the easy way out and keep fighting? From a mediator's perspective they have choices but solid leadership is needed! |
19 July, 2010 |
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Bullying - A School or Workplace Problem?
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Where do workplace bullies come from? Is it possible that school yard bullies become workplace bullies? In my experience as a mediator, there are some scarily similar realities to what happens on the playground and in the corporate boardroom! |
15 July, 2010
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| Does Accountability Help the Victims of Tragedy? AC Flight 621 - The Impact and Reactions 40 Years Later |
As human beings, difficult and traumatic events have a way of lingering in our lives – whether it’s an accident, a conflict, a fight or a trauma. I watched the CBC documentary on the Memorial Service for the victims of the crash of AC Flight 621 in Brampton ON where 109 people died held on July 4, 2010. After 40 years this is still impacting on those affected by the crash back in 1970. |
6 July, 2010
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Global Crises Require Global Leadership - Who Do We Call?
The G8? G20? G40? G10billion?? |
How as a human race have we created the mess that is our world? What's our reaction been? What will it take to fix it? Where are our political leaders? |
28 June, 2010
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| Disgruntled and Chronic Complainers - and Their Long List of Complaints |
Why is it that people get 'stuck' in complaint mode? What can you do to stop the endless diatribes?
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28 June, 2010
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Can Cars and Cyclists Share the Road?
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When cars and cyclists collide, it's typically the cyclist who is injured or killed. Yet cycling is an energy efficient and healthy way to get around. How can our 'car-focused' culture create ways of making cycling safer? What responisiblities do cyclists and drivers have?
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29 May, 2010 |
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Bill 168 - Another Tool to Stop Workplace Bullying, Harassment and Violence
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Ontario Canada has just passed legislation that has specific requirements of employers with respect to workplace violence and harassment. Bullying is a form of harassment under many policies. How can we create workplaces where the risk of violence, harassment and bullying is minimized and people can enjoy coming to work? We need to move beyond the legislation to create healthy workplaces... |
14 May, 2010
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| Intergenerational Conflicts - Surviving the Inevitable Fights Between Parents and Teens |
Every family has conflict and for many reasons parenting teens is one of the biggest challenges most parents face. Being the teen is not necessarily fun either. Having been a teen, worked with teens and raised four teens - I see the damage that parent teen conflict can wreak on families... |
10 May, 2010 |
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The Transit Strike in Ottawa ON - A Mediator's Perspective
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When 2 elephants fight it's the grass that suffers the most. The Ottawa transit strike has impacted on hundreds of thousands of people. Why is it proving so hard to resolve?
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17 Dec, 2008
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Discover Your RQTM - Your Relationship and Resolution Quotient
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Who are you when you get into a conflict? What do you bring to the table? What is your default Conflict BlueprintTM? |
24 Sept, 2008
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Leadership and the Global Crisis
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Collaborative leadership is needed to resolve the many complex and thorny issues facing the planet today. What is getting in the way of that leadership exercising direction, support and guidance?
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8 August, 2008
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Homelessness Does Not Have to Create Conflict!
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The CBC ran a special called 'Off the Streets' on The National. It was an eye-opening exploration of homelessness - a problem faced by every region on the planet. Yet for many cities and communities particularly in the western world, it is treated as a 'non-discussable' issue. Portland Oregon has a creative new way to address this very human issue. |
28 April, 2008
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Life in the Dis-Comfort Zone!
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While we all have dreams and aspirations, we can become trapped in our comfort zone and end up avoiding taking risks - thereby essentially removing ourselves from the game. As business owners this can be a potential death knell for our business. |
8 May, 2008
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| What's Buried Under the Snow in Your World? |
Spring is a time when the snow melts in Canada and what has been buried over the past months of winter comes back to light again. What's buried in your life that needs to be cleaned up? |
19 March, 2008
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| The Slippery Slope of Procrastination |
Have you found yourself putting off doing things that cause you stress or angst? And then beaten yourself up for it? Why do we do this? Mark Victor Hansen, Jack Canfield and Les Hewitt talk about habits in their powerful book called 'The Power of Focus'. |
4 March, 2010 |
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| What is Your Leadership RQTM - Conflict Management for Leaders |
Has unexpected conflict ever created serious problems in your organization? Do 20% of your employees consume 80% of your time? Have you ever walked away from a situation unhappy with the way you handled it? Or laid awake at night trying to figure out the best way to handle a situation?
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4 March, 2008
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Is Your Conflict BlueprintTM Working for You?
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As I was growing up there were many times when I found myself thinking “If I was a mom, I would never do (or say) THAT to my children..”. And then one day when I actually had children of my own and things were not going well, I opened my mouth and out came all those things that I had naively sworn I would never say. It was not one of my more ‘stellar’ moments |
21 November 2007
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| Behind 'the Front' - The Cost of Pretense |
In many ways we live part of Halloween every day. We wear masks and pretend on many levels. In our interactions with others or when something is said that upsets us, we often pretend that all is ok - while on the inside we are somewhere on the continuum between seething and devastatingly hurt |
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