
Are You Competitive or Cooperative?
As a 49ers fan I have been intrigued by stories about the former head coach, Jim Harbaugh. His brother, Ravens coach John Harbaugh, tells the

As a 49ers fan I have been intrigued by stories about the former head coach, Jim Harbaugh. His brother, Ravens coach John Harbaugh, tells the

At a recent meeting of a trade group, the lunch time speaker was Mac Fulfer, a lawyer and professional face reader. So what is a

By far the most often quoted tenet of “the Method” is to avoid positional bargaining and instead focus on the underlying interests of the opposite

The first tenet of what Fisher & Ury call “The Method” is to separate the people from the problem. Although I think I understood their

I have recently been reading a number of relatively new books with claims of a revolutionary new way to approach negotiation. Without exception and without

At one mediation I heard counsel accuse the plaintiffs of lying and engaging in “litigation lottery,” hoping for a big payoff. This mediation was over

It is the rare successful mediation that does not lead one party or both to wonder whether they could have gotten more or given up