Harvard Business School professor Michael Wheeler provides a dynamic system that yields creative solutions for even the most intractable problems. Wheeler has conducted in-depth research into the best practices of master negotiators, such as special envoy George Mitchell, Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, and investment banker Bruce Wasserstein, and incorporates recent breakthrough research on decision making, emotions, and persuasion.

Surprising ways we limit ourselves and our happiness, and how to challenge the internalized wisdom and circular thinking that holds us back As women, many of us are stuck in feedback loops about how to be successful and happy: striving to "have it all" at work and at home, letting ourselves be pressured into giving every part of our lives 100% until we're completely burnt-out, imagining only a strictly linear life path (college, job, marriage, kids),...

Norah Loblaw is an expert at negotiating the returns of kidnapped children. But she finds herself in deep when a man claiming to be a cop whisks her off the street. Jacob Pratt needs her to get his nephew back--and despite his unorthodox approach, she's inclined to help. But this is the toughest negotiation Norah's ever faced, and when she finds herself falling for Jacob, the stakes only get higher.

Program highlights Nine rules for getting the best deal. How espionage and empathy get you prepared. How to gain credibility and the most common way to lose it. As a former federal mediator, Pat Cleary has been involved with just about every kind of negotiation. In this entertaining presentation, he shares gems of wisdom from his nearly 20 years of hands-on dispute resolution. Pat describes common negotiation mistakes that unnecessarily complicate...

In the heart of the American judicial and mediation systems lies the promise of justice, equality, and impartiality. Yet, beneath this noble facade, lurk the shadows of favoritism and discrimination, casting doubt upon the fairness of legal proceedings and the integrity of the legal profession. "Favoritism and Discrimination in the American Judicial and Mediation Systems" sheds light on these critical issues, delving into the complexities of bias...

In Jamaica, the Caribbean and internationally, the process of arbitration as an alternative to court action in settling disputes is no longer the subject of an esoteric debate but increasingly is becoming a standard requirement in both government and private-sector contracts. In the process of numerous and varied activities in this field, a great deal of experience and knowledge has been acquired by the author. Over the years, many of his colleagues,...

Este libro contiene una explicación concisa y a la vez rigurosa de los principales temas del servicio civil. Parte del derecho fundamental de acceso a los cargos públicos y de las importantes diferencias entre el derecho laboral y el derecho de la función pública, para aterrizar en su configuración legislativa con las características del denominado servicio civil. Explica, a continuación, cómo se organiza el servicio civil, cuáles son sus...

High conflict mediation requires a paradigm shift from traditional mediation-high conflict experts Bill Eddy and Michael Lomax show you how. Over the past twelve years, the authors have been developing and practicing tips for managing high conflict clients in mediation, which is now a fully developed new method called New Ways for Mediation®. Mediating High Conflict Disputes gives all of the little tips, which any mediator can use, as well as the...

Los trabajos que se recogen en este volumen abordan, desde distintas perspectivas, la relevancia del arbitraje en acción y no solo a partir de los textos normativos. Durante los últimos años, el arbitraje ha tenido una amplia difusión en el Perú, donde ha sido promovido por el Estado incluso con la incorporación de cláusulas arbitrales en una importante variedad de contratos estatales. ALFREDO BULLARD GONZÁLEZ es abogado por la Pontificia...

From 1985 to 1987, the Home Office funded four experimental schemes in mediation and reparation for criminal cases in the UK. Tony Marshall of the Home Office Research and Planning Unit made arrangements for groups of independent researchers to monitor these schemes and for other researchers to carry out studies on other schemes within the UK. This book gathers, together their substantial empirical research findings into a single coherent narrative....