About: My Collaborative Team

The negotiation process consists of four major components or stages: the establishment of ground rules, the selection and clarification of issues, problem solving to select viable options, and establishing a mutually beneficial agreement. Establishing ground rules is comprised of three elements...

Collaborative law is an interest-based process. It is a process that requires that you look at the true interests, goals, and priorities of the couple and their family, so you can discuss them and use them as the basis...

There are two essential paradigms of negotiations; position-based and interest-based. We are born with the natural human behavior that leads us towards positional bargaining. Put two toddlers in a room with toys and sooner or later there will be a negotiation...

From the desk of My Collaborative Team President, Edward S. Sachs, ACP

This whole story began with my blog that raised the idea that what we go through is more of a change in mindset...