Nance L. Schick | Attorney | Mediator | Coach | Trainer
Stay out of court. Build your conflict resolution skills.
After law school, I planned to spend six years in New York City, building my skills and resume. Then, I expected to open my own firm in a smaller city. After all, if I could make it here, I could make …
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I see far too many people dissolve good businesses unnecessarily. They typically have more options than they think, but they limit themselves by believing they have to figure out the perfect solution …
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I grew up in Kentucky and have worked in rural Texas, Upstate New York, Pittsburgh, and representing a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) at the United Nations (UN). I am fascinated by the world's …
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As many experts and employees have recently highlighted, even employers doing a better job of diversity hiring are struggling to fully include their hires in their culture. That is, in part, because …
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Aside from the statistics suggesting empathy will increase employee retention, empathy is important in the workplace because how we do one thing is how we do most things. We don’t typically lack …
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One of the most common complaints injured workers have about their experiences after a work-related accident is that the employers forget about them. Employees who feel valued are more likely to …
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Because of my 18+ years litigating workers'Â compensation claims in New York, I still get referrals from other attorneys who represent employers. It can often be quite difficult delivering bad news …
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I cringe every time that I read an article in an entrepreneur magazine that encourages readers to use independent contractors, instead of hiring employees, to build their new businesses. It's not …
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Mediation is a private conflict resolution process in which the parties in dispute co-create an enforceable agreement settling the dispute, with the help of a neutral third-party. You might choose …
When a conflict is at risk of or already in a court action, one-to-one coaching might not be enough to resolve it. You need to include the other people who are involved and affected. I have seen the …
