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I am Keith Grossman. It has become my passion to help people manage conflict more comfortably and collaborate, mostly in the area of divorce and family law.
I have the litigation background. I've spent years duking it out in court. Now I've seen the light, and I've taken the path of the gentle warrior. I promote Collaborative Divorce and Mediation because I know these no-court options provide more honor and respect when reorganizing a family. I consider my mission to be "keep the peace and teach the peace". I created this website to help legal professionals and others in law-related professions to find information and resources to reduce conflict between the families and individuals you work with. With these tools, you can facilitate and encourage joint problem-solving and collaboration with sensitivity and creativity. I hope you find it helpful, and I am available to consult with you about conflict and collaboration challenges. I am a Family & Civil Mediator certified by the Florida Supreme Court and an Arbitrator qualified by the Florida Supreme Court. I am also a trainer and adjunct professor in the areas of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Technology. How did I go from being a lawyer, a profession known for fighting, to providing conflict management and collaboration services? Click here for my story. |
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HELPFUL INFORMATION I HAVE FOUND ON THE WEB
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This Building Your Peace Chest series will help you understand and develop skills to effectively prevent conflict and de-escalate existing conflict. You will learn to engage conflict with purpose and goals rather than reacting, to apply mediation skills to achieve cooperation, and to build collaborative relationships. Learn more about my book What Is A Peace Chest? here. Purchase it here.
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Stop the Compliment Sandwich
"What is a Compliment Sandwich? Well, beyond being one of the worst management techniques ever invented, it's a way of trying to criticize somebody without making them feel bad. Basically, you give somebody a compliment, then you criticize them, then close with a compliment." You can discover my analysis of this technique here. |
Unlock Your Creative Genius
Solutions to conflict are typically right in front of us. We just need to be willing to be creative. “Some people wait until they are provoked by [external] forces to change, until their cages are rattled for them and their hand is forced. Artists don’t wait to be rattled only from the outside. They provoke themselves first, and then the people around them, in order to constantly imagine new possibilities." You can discover my analysis here. |
Developing Leaders: It's Your Job
Part of managing employees is to set an example and develop good employees. This post from SmartBlog on Leadership says that developing employees should be one of the most important things you do, and it should be a pleasure to assist and watch others develop. You can read the full post here. |
What Do Candy Bars and Voodoo Dolls Have To Do With Domestic Fights?
A new study, which was released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that low blood sugar can make spouses become angry more quickly. The lead researcher said, "We need glucose for self-control. Anger is the emotion that most people have difficulty controlling." You can read the full post here. |
The Problem With Totalizing
"Be careful of all-or-nothing thinking, as it will usually steer you wrong during conflict (and in other parts of life, too). Most mediators have learned to see conflict in multiple shades of gray." Read the whole post here. For Women, a Bigger Share of the Brightest Stages at WimbledonVenus Williams: “The tone of the conversation wasn’t really, ‘Oh, you didn’t do this and that,’ It was: ‘Thank you for all the things you’ve done, and you’ve been so wonderful about listening to the players — both men and women — that we’d like to voice our concern on this arena.’ ”
“I think the situation has to be win-win for everyone. No one likes to be pushed around, whether it’s a group or a person. I think if everyone can find a way that makes sense, then it’s a win-win. No one should feel like they’ve lost at the end of the day. I like to make friends.” You can discover my analysis of the negotiations here. 
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Get Out of the Mentality of Labeling People As Irrelevant
Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur and angel investor. He started the companies VaynerRSE, WineLibrary.com, and VaynerMedia. He has invested in companies like Twitter, Tumblr, Uber and Birch Box. In this YouTube video, he says, "Don't be a dick; Everybody is 'relevant'. |
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