In an ongoing relationship, each current criticism packs the punches of all the others that have gone before.

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.

The key to conversation at work is flexibility and understanding how what you say might be perceived by others.

When people realize that in the long run you may be turning off the audiences more, even though they will look temporarily--in the end they turn away, we really need to develop other metaphors and not talk about two sides, but talk about all sides.

Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

False dichotomies are often at the heart of discord.