Monthly Archives: January 2013

This post  is about your role in negotiation. Negotiation is a strategic communication that involves either making deals or resolving conflicts. We are going to explore these two aspects of negotiation. Let us start with negotiating business deals. In business … Continue reading →

Segment 1: Be Right or Be Happy. Conflict is heavily tied to emotion. Often emotion arises from traumatic experiences and is a means of coping and surviving those experiences. As peacemakers, how can we work with our emotions so that … Continue reading →

Negotiation is a skill that must be learned. Most people never get beyond the simple quid pro exchange of essentially, “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine.” However, sophisticated negotiation requires much more than simple exchange. A lot of … Continue reading →

Segment 1: No Peace with Oppression. Our guest on this edition of The Doug Noll Show is Israeli peace activist and author, Miko Peled. In September 1997 Miko’s niece was killed by a horrific suicide attack in Jerusalem. When Miko’s … Continue reading →

, After a year of development, I have finally launched my new on-line course, Negotiation Mastery for the Legal Pro. This course, designed primarily for young lawyers, but suitable for anyone wanting to learn the subtleties and nuances of distributive … Continue reading →

Segment 1: We Always Have Choices. Our guest on this edition of The Doug Noll show is David Emerald Womeldorff. David is a consultant, executive coach, speaker and author of The Power of TED, a fable on personal leadership that … Continue reading →

Segment 1: A Different Paradigm. Marty Price, J.D., our guest on this edition of The Doug Noll Show, is a social worker turned lawyer turned mediator. He is internationally recognized as a leader in Restorative Justice and peacemaking. Professor Price … Continue reading →

In discussing the fiscal cliff compromise Donald Trump is reported to have tweeted today that while he is a Republican, Republicans may be the worst negotiators in the world. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/01/donald-trump-republicans_n_2392960.html He got that half right. Polarized political decision making is … Continue reading →