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How Can Employees Address Power Imbalances in Workplace Conflicts?

Nance Schick · Apr 16, 2025 ·

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Workplace conflict is tough enough, but when there’s a power imbalance (whether real or perceived), it can feel overwhelming. I’ve seen it time and again: employees feel powerless against management, …

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How to Cultivate Employment Partnerships

Nance Schick · Mar 24, 2025 ·

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Employment is a partnership. It's time we ditch the outdated model that conjures up a one-sided transaction where the employer has all the control. That hasn't been the case in a very long time. Labor …

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What Are Holistic Legal Services?

Nance Schick · Mar 3, 2025 ·

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Holistic legal services are about more than just legislation and courtrooms. At Third Ear Conflict Resolution, we believe effective legal counsel requires a deep understanding of your entire …

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Master Your Employment Partnerships from Job Post to Termination

Nance Schick · Jan 27, 2025 ·

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Since launching the law firm now known as Third Ear Conflict Resolution in 2003, I've encountered and counseled clients on a myriad of  challenges. One of the biggest for all of us has been the …

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There Is No Self-Made Success

Nance Schick · Dec 30, 2024 ·

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As 2024 comes to an end, can we also stop spreading the myth of the self-made success? Name me one person who did not require the contribution of another to reach the levels of success currently …

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The Hidden Value of Leadership Experience: A Call to Serve

Nance Schick · Sep 30, 2024 ·

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In my work as an employment attorney and mediator, employees frequently ask me how important leadership experience is before they seek promotion to management. To many, it seems a management title and …

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Leading Through Traumatic Experiences with Empathy and Resilience

Nance Schick · Sep 23, 2024 ·

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Traumatic experiences never really leave us. They become part of us and influence our responses to situations that remind us of them. Initially, this happens largely without our consent. Over time, …

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The Power of Collaboration: Enhancing Client Outcomes

Nance Schick · Sep 3, 2024 ·

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When many people think of licensed professionals, they imagine solo practitioners working in isolation, not collaboration among multiple lawyers across different boutique firms with varying …

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Effective Employee Management: Lessons from a Concrete Manufacturer

Nance Schick · Jul 29, 2024 ·

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Several years ago, I had the opportunity to tour a concrete plant. Not only was the manufacturing process fascinating, it deepened my respect for the business and the industry in which it operates. …

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Building a Business: Lessons from Starbucks and Hiring Your First Employees

Nance Schick · Jul 24, 2024 ·

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When building a business, there will be many lean days that humble you and make you wonder whether you should quit. Even the original owners of Starbucks Coffee Company must have experienced them when …

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