There aren’t many times in a woman’s life when she feels pleased and honored to be called an Official SOB.
This may the only time, actually.
You see, Liz Strauss of Successful Blog has included me in her list of Successful and Outstanding Bloggers. Thanks, Liz, not just for the appreciated nod, but also for reminding [...]
We all know the value of taking a break when things get a bit hot under the collar during conflict. Research on brain function during heightened emotion backs up this practice—and suggests that how we use that time during the “break” makes all the difference in the world.
Simply taking a breather is much less effective [...]
After my post Women and Conflict: Have You Lost Your Voice? earlier this week, several women wrote and asked variations of this question:
Are there good books or courses for learning better conflict management techniques so that I can find my “right voice”?
The short answer: Yes. The longer and more thorough answer: Maybe [...]
Today’s a red outfit or accessory day, my friends. A while back I wrote a post, It’s Time to Make It Dollar for Dollar, about the way women’s pay continues to lag behind men’s. Each year, the National Committee on Pay Equity sponsors an Equal Pay Day to draw attention to that gap:
Equal [...]
A couple of months ago I wrote about Using Your “Right Voice” in Conflict. I promised that I’d write more on this topic and a number of you have been asking when. I’ll start right now.
In 1982 Carol Gilligan published “In a Different Voice.” It was required reading in grad school in [...]
A disagreement isn’t the place for multi-tasking because doing conflict better means really paying attention. Here are the 3 top multi-tasking mistakes you can make during a dispute:
Doing anything else while the other person’s talking. When you do something else when someone’s talking to you, you send the message that the conversation with them [...]
My courteous, salt-of-the-earth, Midwestern husband, Rod, does not like that I interrupt him when we’re chatting, Take, for example, this exchange:
Rod: "When you get home from your trip on Saturday, let’s plan on a quiet evening."
Tammy: "That sounds good. I’ll be tired anyway."
Rod: [spoken with a note of vexation] "I wasn’t finished. As I [...]
