Creative Mediator Gifts

"See? I told you it would be more fun settling our differences over a few drinks."

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

"Can I borrow the car keys?"

"Another job well done by your conflict resolution specialist."

'I'm glad you guys could work this out in a reasonable manner.'

"Shall we start with an icebreaker?"

"They're having a fight over how best to handle client conflict."

"When faced with a tricky ethical issue, I always ask the question, 'What's in it for me?'"

"Then we have an unspoken agreement?"

Growl - Hiss Conflict Resolution Meeting

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

'Try and be negative in a positive way.'

Dialogue

"That's the last time I'm going to allow politics to be discussed in the office."

'The toughest things you have to deal with in this job, is feelings and lawyers.'

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

The writer: something who devotes a lifetime of solitude to the same of communication.

Tug of Negotiation and Conciliation.

'Ok, here's the meeting agenda ... it's gonna be a long one.'

'Negotiations have reached an impasse, legal recommends we resort to violence.'

Ninedency: A budding tendency

Changing Minds

'How did the 'I want you all to take a pay cut or leave' strategy go down?'

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Collective Psyche

'Three weeks of brutal alimony negotiations, Polly, and you settle for a cracker!'

"Tom, I’d like you to meet Chris. Chris is better than you."

BEWARE OF THE DOG!; 'So much for management's pledge to bargain in good faith.'

'Make them a four billion dollar takeover offer, but don't cause a fuss.'

"At least we agree to disagree."

'This rift between you and Dr. Voight has become a chasm.'

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I'm not sure which, but he's just invented either writing or vandalism. (Published originally on Feb. 11, 2011.)

"Helen, I have decided to seek a change of venue, since it has grown increasingly obvious that I can no longer get a fair trial in this household."