by Phoenix Strategies | Aug 13, 2020 | Elder Care Mediation, Mediation
Below is a link to a recent podcast Phoenix Strategies’s Monica Lichtenberger participated in with the American Bar Association. Check it out! From the ABA…. “A panel of members of the Task Force on Elder Abuse Screening for Mediators...
by Phoenix Strategies | May 14, 2019 | Mediation, Training
“Fort Carson Equal Opportunity Program (EO) leaders and advisers learned and practiced some advanced mediation techniques during a three-day training course this week. The May 6-8, 2019, Advanced Mediation course was led by mediation trainers from Phoenix...
by Phoenix Strategies | Jul 3, 2018 | Conflict Resolution Month
The Mayor and City Council ’s “October is Conflict Resolution Month” Proclamation will be October 2, 2018, at 3:30 p.m., at the City Hall, Pikes Peak Room, 107 N. Nevada Ave., Colorado Springs, followed by a reception. The event is open to the...
by Phoenix Strategies | Aug 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Contrary to popular belief, conflict is not the enemy. The truth is, conflict is often the best way to create intimacy and trust between people, not to mention its ability to generate creativity and fresh energy, strengthen leadership and loyalty, renew morale and...
by Phoenix Strategies | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week’s divorce mediation reinforced for me the importance of asking questions in place of assuming the worst about a person’s actions or even the best. A year earlier, the husband had requested a divorce and for a year the wife had been dragging her feet on...
by Monica Lichtenberger | Dec 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
I was shocked when my granddaughter brought home papers the first week of school, instructing parents how to teach their kindergarten child the use of the “I Messages” (“I feel ____when_____ because _____, and I need____”). This is astounding because our Phoenix...
by Monica Lichtenberger | Sep 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
In a “Leave All Things and Follow Me“ presentation, Richard Rohr says, “You have to know yourself before you can move beyond yourself. Most people therefore just glaze over when they hear such impossible idealism”. Phoenix Strategies, Inc. (PSI) trains mediators...
by Phoenix Strategies | Jul 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Check out this great article by Thornton Mason, a national workplace mediator with 25 years of experience resolving over 1200 employee matters. July 5, 2016 In a recent discussion with a labor attorney I heard a remark that really caught my attention. “You...
