Common Causes of Conflict in Family Businesses
A family business combines emotional ties with shared commercial aims. This combination can be a source of strength, but also a source of destructive conflict. Understanding the main sources of tension helps families prevent crises and manage both their business and their relationships. Unclear roles and responsibilities When it is unclear who is responsible for […]
The First Conversation about Planned Co-Parenting
Here, planned co-parenting means having and raising a child with someone who is not your romantic partner. People may explore this with a friend, someone they have met through a dedicated service, or a former partner with whom they now consider a parenting relationship. The question can sound simple: “What do you think about having […]
Difficult Family Conversations: Making Room for Understanding
A charged family conversation brings together more than facts and opinions. Feelings, shared history, different expectations and old wounds are also present. Because the relationship matters, the discussion can escalate quickly. With care, it can also become an opportunity to understand one another and develop a different way forward. Begin with a shared purpose In […]
Money in Relationships: A Mediation Approach to Shared Decisions
Money can become a recurring source of disagreement in a relationship. Each partner brings a different understanding of how it should be managed. Should you save for the future or enjoy money in the present? How should you manage spending, savings and decisions together? Couples mediation offers a way to discuss these questions, reduce tension […]
Inviting a Family Member to Mediation—even after Estrangement
In a family experiencing conflict or estrangement, one of the greatest challenges is often the first step: opening the door to a conversation. How do you invite someone who is angry, disappointed or emotionally or physically distant to meet a mediator and explore a different way of living? This involves more than technique. It involves […]
The Mediator as a Modern Community Elder
In this article, Nadav Nishri draws a comparison between community mediation and the trusted figures people have turned to in traditional communities: the Qes in Ethiopian Jewish communities, a local rabbi or a Druze sheikh. The comparison concerns listening, responsibility and helping people make peace. It does not make the mediator a religious authority or […]
Family Business Mediation with the New Partnership Method
Family businesses are important economic institutions, but can also face complex disputes. Family ties, love, expectations and a sense of obligation meet commercial interests, financial pressure and differing opinions. Managing conflict carefully matters both for the business’s continuity and for the family’s relationships. Nadav Nishri presents the New Partnership Method as an approach that attends […]
The New Partnership Method: Understanding Conflict and Building a Shared Future
The disagreement is only part of the story Most people entering a conflict believe they know the problem. They are arguing about money, children, an inheritance, a business, a home, parental responsibilities or a particular decision. The longer the conflict lasts, the more certain they become that resolving that specific disagreement will resolve everything. Yet, […]
Building Shared Parenting with the New Partnership Method
The New Partnership Method offers an approach to resolving disagreements and building lasting relationships, including shared parenting. It takes people’s emotional lives and responses to stress into account and combines emotional, communication and practical tools. It can help people planning to parent together, as well as parents who already share responsibility for children. A neutral […]
Family Business Succession: Keeping Parents Involved while the Next Generation Leads
One of the most common challenges in a family business is the transition from the founders to the next generation. It is a natural development, but it can also be highly sensitive. Adult children want room to act, independence and growth. Their parents remain connected to the business emotionally, professionally and sometimes financially, and want […]