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The nurses’ workplace is ripe for conflict. Working with patients is seldom black and white. Every patient is different, as is every interaction. In addition, for nurses, interactions with patients and families often come at a time when they are at their worst.
Patient care requires a “customer service” component that can be additionally complicated by the lack of choice Read the rest of this entry »
Everyone has to deal with conflict: both in the workplace and personal lives. Nurses are no exception.
Nurses, however, are unique in that the conflict or potential conflict they experience in their professional lives often comes from all directions: managers, nursing colleagues, doctors, ancillary staff, as well as patients and their families. In other words for the nurse, workplace conflict Read the rest of this entry »
Resolving the conflict continues to be an issue, as the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, as a workplace, lacks a means to address the issue proactively. Specifically, the court resolution process is based, Read the rest of this entry »
We all have different communications styles, each varying somewhere on a continuum between assertiveness and passivity. Some people, however, think that being assertive is the same thing as being aggressive; this is far from the truth. In the workplace, and in most areas of life, at least some level of assertiveness is necessary to get things done. But to be as productive as possible you need to find the right blend Read the rest of this entry »
On December 30, 2011 Russell Brand filed for divorce from his wife of 14 months, Katy Perry. It was in October 2010 that the couple surprised much of the public by marrying in a ceremony in India. The news of their plans to permanently split a little more than a year later also caught many by surprise. However, just six weeks later, a judge granted their petition.
In many ways this celebrity divorce is the exception: Read the rest of this entry »
Two divorce attorneys have written an interesting piece about how divorce lawyers handle their own divorce: What Do Divorce Lawyers Do In Their Own Divorces?
It may be a common thought that they look for the best attorney they can find. Someone who they know will fight for them and win the (inevitable?) court battle.
However, Read the rest of this entry »
New Mexico District Judge Ann Kass wrote: “Litigation seduces people into fantasizing that there are magic solutions to their problems.”
Too often, when speaking to couples going through a divorce, it is evident that one or both partners are seeking a magical solution to outstanding divorce issues.
A divorce is Read the rest of this entry »
When looking at divorce information available online, it is almost impossible to not to find articles detailing things that a spouse can do to prolong the conflict and inflict more pain on the other spouse in a divorce action. Most recently The Huffington Post published “5 Of the Dirtiest Divorce Tricks” which details 5 things that neither person should do…but perhaps things that – now that they have read the article – they can do to inflict more hurt on the other spouse. Read the rest of this entry »
An expensive truth is that conflict is present in every workplace. It is the single most preventable cause of lost revenue, costing US employers well over a billion dollars every year.
Even simple conflicts involving single employees can easily expand throughout entire teams or units. The resulting environment can profoundly impact Read the rest of this entry »
No couple decides to marry and intertwine their futures – while planning to divorce years later. However, many couples find themselves facing just that. A life altering change that they did not plan for, but must navigate through together in order to move towards their individual futures.
No matter how long a couple has been married, the presence of children, or the financial assets involved, every divorcing couple Read the rest of this entry »
