Leaving the Cocoon of Comfort: Bob Bordone on Productive Disagreement

Robert C. Bordone (Bob) is an internationally-recognized expert, author, speaker, and teacher in negotiation, conflict resolution, mediation, and facilitation.  A Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School, he served on the full-time faculty at Harvard Law School for more than twenty years as the Thaddeus R. Beal Clinical Professor of Law, Director, and Founder of the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program before launching his full-time consulting, advisory, speaking, and training practice.  As a professional facilitator, mediator, and conflict management consultant, Bob works with individual, non-profit, governmental, and corporate clients across many sectors. He is the co- author of Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up or Giving In).   On the show, he explores 'one thing he wishes educators were thinking about.' This episode is great for folks who want to rethink the importance of disagreement. Key Topics: Why disagreement is essential to learning Building conflict resilience in educational settings Moving beyond avoidance or aggressive confrontation Practical strategies from Harvard's negotiation program