For the Forces of Good With Lucia Kanter St. Amour [Ep. 27]

Did you know that as a mediator you help parties exercise a superpower?  It's the superpower of everyday negotiation! Listen to this episode as Veronica talks with Lucia Kanter St. Amour--attorney, author, mediator, and VP of Board of UN Women San Francisco--about various topics in her #1 rated new release book on Amazon, For the Forces of Good: The Superpower of Everyday Negotiation.  Episode highlights include a discussion of the following:

• What is the distinction between impartiality and neutrality?
• Can one negotiate with bullies, and if so, how?
• How can a mediator handle two different stories from parties in mediation?
• What is interoception and why does it matter in mediation?

About Lucia:

 

A member of the Neuroleadership Institute, Lucia has specific training in behavioral science, and how real people act in real conflict situations and decision-making. She is the Founder and Principal of her firm, Pactum Factum, which specializes in negotiation and dispute resolution; and a mediate.com Certified Online Mediator.

A Vice President for UN Women, Lucia has also been practicing law since 1998. Ten years of her practice included regular clinical teaching positions in Mediation, and Negotiation at UC Hastings and UC Berkeley Law. She has also been a visiting lecturer at many prominent law and business universities in the U.S. and Europe; and served for a number of years as an annual Competition Judge and Mediator for the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, France. Just this year, she launched her own podcast “The Superpower Of Everyday Negotiation.”

Her book: For the Forces of Good: The Superpower of Everyday Negotiation (praised by none other than Robert Cialdini and our very own Colin Rule of mediate.com, among many others) is a #1 rated new release book on Amazon and releases to the public on October 1, 2022.

• Connect with Lucia via email
• Lucia's Book
• Lucia's Podcast
• Lucia's previous guest appearance on the Mediate.com Podcast