May 19th, 2015
Do You Have a Problem with Someone’s Behavior? Here’s Where to Begin (and Where Not To)
Before you decide to confront someone about their unacceptable behavior, there are three things to consider first: Changing Yourself. […]
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May 12th, 2015
You Know What They Say: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Raise your hand if you would love to prevent conflicts! Okay, that’s a lot of hands. Here’s a tool to […]
May 4th, 2015
Collaboration, Empathy and Employee Engagement—yeah, we got that
Way back in 1955 Dr. Thomas Gordon wrote a book called Group Centered Leadership that contained many of the ideas […]
April 27th, 2015
What If I Need to Send an E “I-Message”?
You might be sitting there, scratching your head thinking, “Hey, I don’t remember that type of I-Message from the workshop […]
April 20th, 2015
How to Handle Values Collisions
(from the writings of Dr. Thomas Gordon and Noel Burch) A handful of men meeting in Philadelphia through the long, […]
April 15th, 2015
So Who Owns It: How to Think About Problem Ownership
(Excerpted from writings from Dr. Thomas Gordon) It isn’t difficult to determine problem ownership. Whoever experiences negative thoughts or feelings […]
April 14th, 2015
Diving Into Conflict Resolution: How To Do It Well
If I am in a conflict and introducing this method to people unfamiliar with it an explanation is needed, a […]
April 8th, 2015
How Did The Behavior Window Come to Be?
Well, we’re glad you asked. Dr. Thomas Gordon created the Behavior Window in 1962. He was interviewed by a colleague […]
April 7th, 2015
What Power Does to Relationships
An impediment to satisfying, functional relationships is an organizational form so prevalent that without thought it has been accepted, […]
March 30th, 2015
Hey Are You Really Listening or Just Hearing?
We all need people who will listen, who will give us what Dr. Carl Rogers referred to as minimal […]