October 18th, 2017
A Gordon Model Glossary: Ten Terms and Concepts for an Anytime Refresher
Whether it’s been five weeks or five years since your first journey into unfamiliar terrain where problems can be solved […]
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October 3rd, 2017
Take the P.E.T. Quiz on Problem Ownership and See How You Do!
Take the P.E.T. Quiz on Problem Ownership and See How You Do! The following quiz includes 12 statements that fit […]
September 25th, 2017
Before Active Listening
You Say It Best When You Say Nothing at All Sometimes, it’s tempting to make matters…complicated. OK, a lot of […]
August 30th, 2017
How We Are Crippling Our Children with Discipline
(Originally published in The Journal of Education, 1981. This booklet has been missing for about 20 years and we just […]
August 29th, 2017
We Need to Talk About…How We Talk About…Values Collisions in the Workplace
So, if you’ve been on a very long summer vacation—perhaps blissfully floating on a cruise ship, in the middle of […]
July 24th, 2017
I-Messages in the “Toxic” Zone: Sometimes, They’re the Only Skill That’s Left
Sometimes, even though you weren’t looking for any kind of fruit at all…life hands you lemons. And upon first glance, […]
July 10th, 2017
Confrontive I-Messages in Action
More Free “It seems to me (a mother) that before P.E.T. I had to play certain roles—be a certain way. […]
June 27th, 2017
Active Listening Didn’t Work! Why Not?
So maybe you haven’t dusted off your Leader Effectiveness Skills for a while now. Or maybe you’re a fresh fawn […]
June 8th, 2017
Do Families Need Partnerships?
There are two ways of relating to others. The traditional way is what Riane Eisler (in her book, The Chalice […]
June 7th, 2017
Behavior and Acceptance: A Constantly Moving Target
You just know it’s going to be One of Those Days. The alarm didn’t go off at 6:00 a.m. because […]