Tag: Working-with-emotions

Getting Less Conflicted About Conflict

Submitted by Laird Schaub on April 19, 2016

In the last week, a colleague sent me the link for a TEDx talk entitled: Conflict: Use it, Don’t Defuse It. The two presenters, CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke, are professional facilitators and they do a good job of laying out their main premise: that conflict is inherently neither good nor bad, yet most people... Read More

The Facilitator’s Horse Trick

Submitted by Laird Schaub on September 8, 2015

I was recently in a conversation with a friend who had just facilitated a difficult meeting for a neighboring community. Upon reflection, he felt fine when it came to working conflict and emotional distress, but felt sloppy and not well-focused when it came to managing problem solving and issue exploration. While most facilitators would report... Read More