Diplomacy within the family: the art of negotiation with the main opponent, a teenager
In our professional work, we often use the concepts of "crisis intervention", "search for consensus" and "de-escalation of conflict". At the negotiating tables, in "hot" moments, these skills really help to find a mutual solution. But returning home, many of us successful and powerful women suddenly discover that the most difficult negotiator is our own child, who sometimes throws ultimatums on the table or silently slams the door of the room. Why do the principles of diplomatic etiquette, which we brilliantly use at work, fail in communicating with our own children? And how, finally, to conclude a "non-aggression pact" in the family, ceasing to be the attorney general, but becoming an ally? I'll draw a parallel that has saved me and my colleagues more than once. Negotiating with a teenager…