Dynamic Consultation 9 Keys to Unity
- Panchgani, Shanghai 9 Facets Publishing 2014
- 211 p.
Welcome to our classroom, the planet Earth. Our purpose in this classroom is to acquire the spiritual attributes we need for our eternal spiritual life — attributes that will contribute to our success and happiness both here and in the worlds to come. Dynamic Consultation focuses on acquiring these attributes through living an authentically happy life—one where our actions are consistent with our deeply held beliefs. This book is about using a Bahá’í approach to solve difficult problems. However it is more than mere problem solving. It is a way of changing the approach and perspective on how we live our lives. Dynamic Consultation is based on a Bahá’í model of decision making called consultation that uses specific tools to guide groups in working toward better solutions. Dynamic Consultation works past solving the conflict to not only resolve the issues and improve the relationships, but to promote human flourishing for both the individual and the community.
Mr. Trip Barthel has a M.A. in Conflict Resolution and was an adjunct professor at the University of Nevada and at the National Judicial College (Nevada, USA). He has worked in Shanghai since February 2008 at the Tongji University (Jiao Tong Law School) and the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law. He is currently co-authoring a text-book on mediation with a Shanghai law professor. Mr. Barthel has trained over 2,000 people from different countries: India, Malaysia, Russia, Eastern Europe, and also judges from over 30 different countries in areas of conflict resolution and mediation skills, emotional intelligence, ethics, team-building, strategic planning and cross cultural communication. He published a number of articles in areas of Reciprocal Negotiation, Emotional Intelligence in Conflict Resolution, Mediating to Learning Styles, as well as a mediation joke book. He frequently presented at conferences organized by the Association for Conflict Resolution, American Bar Association, and National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution. Mr. Barthel enjoys conducting imaginative and interactive teaching and training experiences at conferences, schools and around the world. He is currently conducting a program based on his recent book called “Transforming Conflict into Consensus”.