MSU Extension Conflict Resolution

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• From ground rules to shared expectations

  Published on March 13, 2014
  Facilitators can encourage groups to move beyond identifying bad behaviors and toward positive outcomes.

• If you want to hear or be heard, check the acoustics

  Published on March 5, 2014
  “I love hearing my audience breathe.” - Adele

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  The resource professional as facilitator: Part 2

  Published on March 3, 2014
  This is part 2 of a two-part series on public input processes for natural resource professionals.

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  The resource professional as facilitator: Part 1

  Published on March 2, 2014
  Part 1 of a two-part series on public input processes for natural resource professionals.

• Restoring trust in the workplace

  Published on February 26, 2014
  “Trust is like the air we breathe. When it’s present, nobody really notices. But when it’s absent, everybody notices.” -Warren Buffet

• What is the best way to begin and end meetings?

  Published on February 11, 2014
  Use meeting openers and closers to help participants get to know each other better, encourage participation and review decisions and personal commitments.

• Strategies to reach consensus on controversial wind energy farms: Part two

  Published on January 21, 2014
  Large wind energy farms can be very controversial. But in some communities they are not. This is the second of two articles exploring some of the reasons why.

• Businesses with multiple owners should have an operating agreement and valuation tactic

  Published on January 20, 2014
  Problems arise when times are tough.

• What makes a really good meeting?

  Published on December 31, 2013
  A strategic board agenda can make the fundamental difference between having a highly successful board meeting and wasting an opportunity to get things done.

• Consensus means that everyone agrees, right?

  Published on December 31, 2013
  Consensus does not mean that everyone agrees at the same level. The focus of consensus is to achieve a mutually-acceptable level of agreement necessary to move forward.