Managing conflict

Conversation skills 5 – Book review: “Now we’re talking” by Sarah Rozenthuler

I’ve reviewed several books on business conversation skills (see list below) and this 2024 book, subtitled “How to discuss what really matters”, is one of the best so far. It’s aimed at senior people for leadership development – especially during change management. However, HR professionals, coaches, facilitators and even therapists Read More

2025-01-02T11:25:53+00:00January 2, 2025|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

What do you do when a male colleague doesn’t like women? (gender bias)

This was a question posed to me recently by a woman at a workshop. Whilst this question is about prejudice towards women (sex and gender bias) it could just as easily have been about age or culture or disability or sexual orientation or any other difference. I am sure you Read More

2023-02-09T15:32:05+00:00February 9, 2023|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

Managing client complaints – Process, anger and apologies

Many firms – particularly since the rapid digital transformation resulting from the Covid crisis – are focussing on improving the User Experience (Ux) and Client Experience Management (CEM). But there are always occasions when things don’t go to plan, errors are made, expectations are not met or there are delays Read More

Book Review – Never split the difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz

Regular readers will be aware that one of my favourite books on negotiating is “Negotiation for leaders” by Simon Horton which I reviewed in 2016 . But this book: “Never split the difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it” by Chris Voss – a former FBI hostage negotiator Read More

2021-05-05T15:40:00+01:00May 5, 2021|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management, Selling|

Business relationships – Using the drama triangle to resolve conflict (Video)

The latest short video (6 minutes) is on Business relationships - Using the drama triangle to resolve conflict. (Video script) Hi, I’m Kim Tasso A short while ago I produced a video on the Parent Adult Child model from Transactional Analysis (TA) to help people understand why sometimes communication and Read More

2025-03-22T11:01:41+00:00September 18, 2020|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|
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