Getting to Resolution

Having worked for 475+ lawyers in 3 states and the District of Columbia, I've seen the critical need for the insights in this book.Too often, people with disputes want to place blame or take revenge rather than find a way to be whole again. Particularly during my tenure as a paralegal in family law, I saw how the legal system fanned the flames of pain and frutration. This wasn't just a waste of time and money -- it made the pain worse. Stewart begins by having people tell their stories, then grieve, create an attitude of resolution, and work from a vision of healing. It's powerful, but it's also practical.I're recently recommended the book to family therapists because it lays out practical methods for dealing with disputes among parents and teens. I cannot recomend this book too highly. Now I would like to see more. When is the sequal coming out?Pat Sullivan, president, Visionary Resources, Oakland, CA.

I now use Stewart Levine's material exclusively in my Conflict Management work. I first ask the adversaries to read the book, which generally gives them "an attitude of resolution." Also, reading the book lets the the people in conflict know the process. Thus, they are not fearful of what will happen next, and tend to work with me. So far, I am delighted with the results. This book is Win-Win.

I am an organizational psychologist and frequently deal with conflict inside a client organization. I have found Getting to Resolution to be a breath of fresh air. Levine's model really works, it's practical, well thought out, and obviously based on real world experience. It's a much more appealing guide to conflict resolution than the more common academic treatises on conflict that line bookstore shelves. I can't recommend it strongly enough. Dr. Larry Richard

Steward Levine's book, Getting to Resolution--Turning Conflict Into Collaboration, presents a whole new approach to conflict resolution. There is a 7-step model that will produce true resolution in any difficult situation, whether at work or home. Levine presents a win/win way for every conflict to be resolved so the resolution will not create further bitterness and anger. There is a way for no one to lose and for everyone to win. In this marvelous book, Levine shows how it can happen. Read it and learn how to resolve with every conflict in your life!

Conflict...it plagues each of our lives daily. Most books written on the subject are too "clinical" or filled with verbage that only a PhD in Psychology can understand. Getting to Resolution is filled with practical examples of how conflict can ruin marriages, break deals and destroys friendships. Stewart Levine illustrates how the conventional "advesarial system" offers us a winner and a loser, but in conflict, all lose. Stewart offers a 7-step model which frankly, changed my life and my entire perspective of problem solving. I really mean this!I am divorced and have children. There are many times when dealing with an ex-spouse and four children that I must face conflict. After reading this book, I realized that the satisfaction received from "winning" an argument was short lived and the problem remained. In some cases, the conflict merely hid itself temporarily, gaining stregth and power, only to return compounded with a new con! flict. However, this book taught me that to reach true conflict resolution, I must become a "resolutionary" and compromise. This is sometimes difficult, but as the Stewart writes, resolution is returning to the state as if the conflict never existed. To bring things in the present and look towards the future, as mentioned in Chapter 18, really does begin the healing process and affords us sight into the future.What I liked most about the book is the conversational tone in which it is written. The examples reach all levels of society and each of us can find ourselves in some of them. I HIGHLY recommend Getting to Resolution to everyone! Hopefully it will enrich other people's lives as it has mine.Thanks, Stewart for a great and much needed book!