Christmas Crackers?
The season of good cheer manages to have the opposite effect on a fair few people, apparently. One concerned employer, a large international organisation, has asked me to present a session to help staff cope with, as they see it, the added pressures associated with Xmas.
Therapists out of step
In an article that is both challenging and fascinating Douglas LeBier says that many therapists have not kept pace with social trends. The result is that often people are not helped at all by their therapy and some end up more troubled than when they began treatment.
Managing challenging times
We can do little about global events but we can do something about how events affect us personally. With a requires a pragmatic stance linked to robust psychology we can learn the skills that will help us weather the troubles without becoming incapacitated by worry, or sucked into the doom and gloom.
My Personal Philosophy
Thank you to West Sussex Mediation Services for their warm welcome when I spoke at their AGM. As requested, you can find a transcript of A Guiding Philosophy in the downloads section or by clicking on this post title.
Our Basic (and Limited) Conflict Styles
Have you ever wondered why, despite so many best intentions, we still fly off the handle over something trivial? Or perhaps when some well-intentioned soul tries to engage you on an important matter you just keep changing the subject? Why does this happen, and what can we do about it?
Swearing at work – again!
Swearing is in the news again but if anyone thinks this is permission to let bad language turn the air blue at work, think again. Tolerating more swearing doesn't mean that we think it is acceptable.
Bullying and Harassment and Workplace Climate
In the minds of many senior executives bullying and harassment are problems that exist in other organisations but not their own. If they think about it at all, such matters are the province of the HR department. This being so, only rarely do they reach the ears of top management and never the boardroom agenda.
Workplace mediation
The media love to remind us of the ubiquity of conflict. Stories of war, high-profile divorce, religious clashes, strikes and workplace disputes are some, and popular entertainment carries the theme into our daily lives. Conflict sells, so it was a surprise to find that the Guardian had published an article on workplace mediation in the Guardian.
Difficult People: reviews
Nursing Standard This is an unusual book. Not in its subject matter – the importance of the topic cannot be stressed enough – but in the way it emphasises that the time, energy and sheer human potential we waste through bad communication is stunning. And all this at a level before we get to the more serious topics of bullying and anger management. Barry Winbolt has tried a new approach in his research. He looks at how and why things work for those among us who always seem to bring ...
