How to Talk to People Who Disagree With You

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Sep 3, 2019 | Communication, Conflict Coaching

Five Things You Can Do to Become More Peaceful, Productive and Promotable The word disagreement often conjures up negative images for most of us. If we are to measure ourselves by the media’s standards, we disagree more than we agree. We are fed seemingly endless...

The Structure of Freedom

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jul 30, 2019 | Communication, Conflict Coaching, Leadership

I am hearing a lot these days from leaders who want their staff/teams to be independent workers who are highly productive with not a lot of need for assistance from them. They want them to think on their own, but know what they, the leader wants from them. Often this...

Why That Difficult Conversation You Need to Have Just Became More Difficult

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | May 28, 2019 | Communication, Conflict Coaching

Okay, so here you are not facing it. You know what I’m talking about. That situation involving that person that you just do not want to deal with or maybe it’s your child and you just don’t know if you can speak the words. It’s Memorial Day weekend after all. (Yes, I...

5 Things to Never Do If You Want Your Mother to Listen to You

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | May 14, 2019 | Communication, Conflict Coaching, Parenting

I thought it might be good to bring this one back right after Mother’s Day. Lots of people, daughters in particular, have approached me in those days leading up to Mother’s Day to ask for advice on how to stay calm on Mother’s Day. They are aware that in the midst of...

Why You Don’t Want To Work On the Conflicts In Your Life

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 30, 2019 | Communication, Conflict Coaching, Leadership, Parenting

Let’s get honest about why you don’t want to work on the conflicts in your life. I have been doing a lot of intense listening in these last three years. It is my response to the extreme discord in this country, the conflicts that have shown up in my personal life and...

Time to Revisit My 21 Ways to Make a Difference In the World When It Comes to Conflict

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 23, 2019 | Communication, Conflict Coaching, Self Care

Several months ago I was sitting in my car and observed a young man who looked to be in his early twenties getting ready to walk into an apartment building across the street from me to deliver newspapers. The look on his face was intense and serious and I wondered...