Symbolic meeting room with a round wooden table, four chairs and glasses of water in daylight
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The intention of a calm starting point.

For difficult meetings, I use my method to consider tensions that I personally perceive as energetic. My intention is to begin the conversation in as calm a setting as possible.

The intention is not to influence anyone’s decisions or will. Those involved speak to one another, listen to each other and make their own decisions.

A respectful conversation also needs clear ground rules, attentive listening and a willingness to accept different points of view.

Can this be used to influence a negotiation?

That is neither my claim nor my intention. Decisions and free will remain with everyone involved. This method is not a tool for controlling other people.

FOR YOUR FIRST CONVERSATION

Well prepared.

A few thoughts that may make it easier to begin. You decide which are relevant to you.

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