Managers — MV Mediation Center
If you want to see some real managers at work, go visit a third-grade classroom. There you will see model practices of management as the eight-year-olds, guided by their teachers, benefit from ...
Mediation Musings
Mediator Musings: Awe
by Sara Barnes“Ma,” his whispered voice came. He was in Switzerland––it sounded dire. This was going to be bad, I was sure. My son’s voice came softer, calmer: “Mom, I’m standing on the top of a ...
Self Improvement — MV Mediation Center
By: Sara BarnesIt’s been a whirlwind month and with all the pressing matters, both personal and professional, I haven’t found the quiet time I need to write. I’ve been collecting graphics about ...
Jaws — MV Mediation Center
By: Sara BarnesThe movie theater was dark and cool on a warm day. I was a little tentative meeting my new romantic interest’s sister for the first time. The movie was already a big deal, but it ...
The Wave — MV Mediation Center
The one-lane wooded road was bumpy and rutted. Fifteen miles an hour was about top speed. Around the corner came a car; it swiftly pulled over in anticipation of our passing each other. As I ...
Free Speech — MV Mediation Center
It was a meeting of the second-, third- and fourth-grade teachers. About 1986. I, in my late 20s, and my colleagues more than two decades older, as was the principal who had called the unusual ...
Community — MV Mediation Center
A Little CommunityMy son grew up in Brooklyn; he was and is a city kid. Our block was idyllic, with kids running in and out of each other’s houses—parents talking across low iron fences. When ...
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