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Listening post 2 – the Indian Talking Stick by Steven Covey
I have talked about the benefits of listening with empathy in previous posts here and here. Well here is a great clip of Dr Steven Covey talking about the benefits of the Indian talking stick. The premise goes that when one person has the stick the other person can’t...
Accurate questioning is fundamental to solving problems
The T in our POLITE system stands for talking. We have already discussed, how important listening is in conflict resolution and talking, or more importantly questioning, is the tool we use to both listen and talk. When I say questions, I am actually referring to open...
Conflict resolution training – don’t be too scared to use your intuition
In this post I am going to cover the I in our POLITE System. In this case it refers to intuition, please bear with me as I can get quite philosophical on this issue. In our conflict resolution training, I regularly tell our delegates that every second of the day your...
De-briefing is vital in improving your conflict resolution training
Those of you who have been reading my blog regularly will know all about the POLITE System we have developed for our conflict resolution training. If not here are my previous posts on positioning, observation and listening which are the first three letters from the...
Listening is very important when resolving a conflict
Here is my third post on the POLITE system I have developed for conflict resolution training. So far we have discussed what the P and O stand for in the POLITE system. Just as a reminder POLITE is an acronym for the following: Position Observation Listening Intuition...
Observation – how to tell when someone is about to turn violent
Last week I wrote a post about how positioning is critical in conflict resolution and I promised to explain more about my POLITE system. I developed my POLITE system to help my delegates remember the rules on resolving a conflict. POLITE is an acronym for the...
Escaping from the mount position – Gracie Jiu Jitsu
Here is a quick clip, I did with judo's Tony Devine, on how to escape from the mount position using the most effective martial art system Gracie Jiu Jitsu.
A quick warm up exercise.
Here is an example of a level 3 warm up exercise, leading onto flinch work and spear technique. I am sure you can see that the delegates are having lots of fun at this particular Workshop.
Good Sense Conflict Resolution level 3 wrist grab breakaway
Here is a quick video of me showing a couple of delegates how to do a level 3 wrist grab breakaway.
Positioning is critical in conflict resolution – Part 1 of 6
In my last post I promised that I would delve a bit deeper the POLITE system I have developed. So here is the first post, of six, explaining each letter of the word and how they all fit into my system for conflict resolution. POLITE – P is for Position Whenever you...
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