communication skills
Inc. Magazine on Clear Messaging & Branding
Inc. Magazine The Importance of Clear Messaging in Branding In the June 2021 Inc. Magazine article “7 Mistakes to Avoid When Namimg Your Business“, Jessica Stillman shares advice and pitfalls associated with branding. This includes the important link between clear [...]Read more
Negotiation Report: Healthcare 3
Healthcare Negotiation Report: Patient Misunderstandings Establishing Trust to Assuage Patient Misunderstanding about Care and Insurance-Related Issues Rapid changes in healthcare policies and medical practices present new, pressing communication challenges for healthcare [...]Read more
Negotiation Report: Healthcare 2
Healthcare Negotiation Report: Administrator-Doctor Relationships Resolving Disputes between Hospital Administration and Physicians Healthcare professionals are subject to increased governmental scrutiny and administrative oversight. In an interview with Consensus, one doctor [...]Read more
Negotiation Report: Healthcare 1
Healthcare Negotiation Report: Know-It-All Patients Improving Patient Communication While Deescalating Patient Conflict Healthcare professionals face unique negotiation and communication challenges. Healthcare is a multifaceted industry in which healthcare professionals work in [...]Read more
Pride…In and Out of the Office
Creating More Inclusive Work Environments for LGBTQ Professionals This June, cities across the United States honor LGBT Pride Month, a month in which we are pressed to think critically about prejudice. In the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting, this LGBT Pride Month has an [...]Read more
How to Build Trust
How to Build Trust Mutual trust is a critical element for collaboration, and helps drive productive, creative, and successful negotiations. Here are five easy steps for building trust with a counterpart: 1. Leverage Your Network If people have a common acquaintance, they are more [...]Read more
Echoing Your Way to a Good Deal
Negotiation Tip: Echoing Your Way to a Good Deal Baseball is a game of inches, or so the saying goes. Whether a pitch is a strike or a ball, whether a hit is fair or foul, whether a runner is safe or out, is determined at the margins…by a matter of inches. In negotiation, the [...]Read more
Consensus Launches New Website
Consensus Launches New Website In an effort to better serve our clients and our website visitors, we have relaunched our website. Thus, in addition to sharing the various services we offer through our three service areas, we provide free advice and resources through our blog. Our [...]Read more