How Does Conflict Impact Our Workplace? Where does conflict really start?  In this crazy, busy, noisy world, conflict seems to be such a part of our daily lives that it is sometimes difficult to think of a time and place completely without it. Although our homes, for example, are supposed to be our safe haven,…
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Below is a summary of the Texas Supreme Court’s opinion on In re Stephanie Lee, with links to the case.  Sherri Evans, Chair Family Law Section, State Bar of Texas OPINIONS 11-0732 In re Stephanie Lee from Harris County and the 14th District Court of Appeals, Houston For relator: Scott Rothenberg, Houston For real party…
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Author: Robert Geiger www.instituteformediation.com Email: bg@instituteformediation.com In Mediation, when ethics and morals cross, which do you pick? Without giving much thought to the issue of morals and ethics crossing in performing everyday mediations for over twenty years, I now have experience of the crossing and some of the consternation that crossing can cause in the…
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A “peacemaker” is one who seeks to bring harmony and reconciliation between those who are estranged. Peacemaking seeks to produce right relationships between persons. At the Institute for Mediation, we feel this is our calling, both in performing the mediation or “peacemaking” and by teaching others to do the same. In this our initial blog,…
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