The Mindful Negotiating Show

In an attempt to explain their paths to the field of conflict & communication and the ways they walk it, Max and Colleen discuss: Expectations and Obligations in Relationship Linguistic Determinism and Pat Benatar (Internal) Family Systems and SciFi Movies Negotiating with intrusive thoughts Working with military, law firms, and schools Sending symphonies into conflict zones Wargs in Game of Thrones Trauma, Shame, and Social Supportyths

If the musician plays the instrument, the negotiator plays the Self. Two crisis negotiation consigliari riff on developing real negotiation skills and making them accessible in the highest stakes arenas. Andy makes the important distinction between skillful attributes instead and the concatenation of statements. He does so while integrating blues guitar to the delight of the host.

Author of "Difficult Conversations" and "Thanks for the Feedback", Founder of Triad Consulting Group Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School, Sheila Heen joins Max and Colleen on the Mindful Negotiating show.

Max and Colleen are joined by Mindful Negotiating's Director of Incident Response and former FBI hostage negotiator, Melissa Fortunato to discuss deception and lies.

Columbia University Professor, Dr. Peter Coleman joins Max and Colleen on the Mindful Negotiating Podcast to discuss Toxic Polarization and The Way Out. Dr. Peter Coleman is Professor of Psychology and Education, Director of the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (MD-ICCCR); Co-Director, Advanced Consortium for Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4), The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Elaine Lin Hering joins Max and Colleen to discuss her new book, Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully.

Keld Jensen discusses the Value of Trust with Colleen Tolan PhD and Max Bevilacqua

We welcome Jody Scheier MSW, LICSW, BCD, an early collaborator of Roger Fisher's in developing the Interpersonal Skills Exercise (IPS), Professor at Lesley University, gifted professor and therapist.

Today we are joined by Professor/Attorney Sam Ardery, who had no intention of becoming a mediator when he took mediation training in law school. Over 4,000 cases later, authoring a book, and holding a faculty position at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Sam shares his trademark wisdom and candor about what it takes to be a successful mediator and negotiator.

On this episode we welcome Dr. Joshua N. Weiss, the program director for Bay Path’s Master of Science in Leadership and Negotiation, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Project (HNP), co-founder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at the HNP. We discuss the Abraham Path Initiative, the negotiations surrounding it, and how this might apply to our negotiations.

In this episode we welcome FBI Special Agent Melissa Fortunato to discuss the kidnap for ransom case of a Mennonite Missionary from Ohio taken hostage by the Taliban.Get in touch with Melissa Fortunato:https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissafortunato/

Peter Hiddema consults, coaches, trains, and speaks around the world on negotiation, collaboration, conflict management, difficult conversations, and collaborative relationship management. He is Founder and Principal of Common Outlook Consulting Inc.

We invite the one and only Chanda Andrews to discuss a challenging, identity-shaking, experience in the training room, and the future of the negotiation landscape.

Joe Bubman, Founder of Urban Rural Action, talks to us about positive peace and preventing violence in the US and abroad.Previously, Joseph Bubman waS a senior peacebuilding advisor on the Peace and Conflict team at Mercy Corps. He supported the development and implementation of conflict management programs in countries such as Mali, Uganda, Kenya, Iraq, Liberia, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Georgia, Guatemala, and Colombia. He led the development of a strategy to address the root causes of conflict in South Sudan. He also led Mercy Corps' efforts to enhance global capacity to negotiate for humanitarian access with state actors and non-state armed groups.

Of her many experiences, Attia Qureshi, Negotiation Professor, Trainer, and Consultant recounts the power of process while working with Colombian farmers entangled with the drug cartel.

We are delighted to welcome fellow Negotiation Trainer, the talented and kind, Jonathan Rosenbluth.

Discussing the similarities in approaching Negotiation and tennis with educator and tennis coach, Jacob Bloch.

Erin is the founder of RISE by Sundara, an innovation fund for female entrepreneurs with innovations to stop the spread of COVID in their own communities. RISE gives each woman $5,000 of seed funding, business training and mentorship. RISE fellows are focused on improving water quality, hygiene, and sanitation and include innovations like toilets that use 80% less water, water filters made out of moringa seeds and solar-powered hand washing kiosks. Previously, Erin was the founder of Sundara, an organization that recycled 1.8 million bars of hotel soap and employed 40 women full time across India, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa and Myanmar. Sundara reached over 200,000 children each month, working with partners like Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott. Sundara has been recognized by the Huffington Post, BBC, CNN and the Government of India in it's "Swachh Bharat" (Clean India) campaign. Erin is a Forbes 30 Under 30 (2018) and winner of the Summit Series Impact & Diversity Fellowship. Prior to Sundara, Erin was the CEO of IsraAID US, where she managed a $10 million aid program focused on disaster relief projects and led humanitarian aid missions to Nepal, Kenya (Kakuma refugee camp), Lesbos, Greece and Houston, Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has lived in Israel, India and Thailand, before making New York City her home.

Kristen Leigh is a writer and educator based in New Haven, CT. Her writing, teaching, and special projects examine the relationships between people and places, with particular interest in Women’s Studies/Global Women’s Issues, Public History, Maritime History, and the Environment. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, Every Writer’s Resource, Noctua Review, and other literary journals. Her current works in progress are a memoir about her former dance career and a collection of poetry. You can learn more about her here: kristenleigh.space and follow her on Twitter @Kris10ly.