Consensus Building Institute

July 25th, 2007

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I have very exciting news to share with all of you! I recently accepted the position of Senior Associate of Assessment, Coaching, Training at the Consensus Building Institute in Cambridge. It is a role that I am extremely excited about with an organization that I feel fortunate to be a part of. For me, it appears to be the perfect culmination of my experience as a mediator and organizational developer and leverages my education in dispute resolution, psychology, and law.

I want to say thank you to all of you for the various roles you have played in helping me get here. Without your support and encouragement, this opportunity simply would not have been available to me.

Some background…

The Consensus Building Institute (CBI) is a not-for-profit originally founded by Professor Lawrence Susskind out of the Harvard-MIT Program on Negotiation. My role will primarily be focussed on assisting corporate clients with enhancing their capacity to build creative, value-added, negotiations to further their inter and intra organizational challenges.

CBI’s Mission

The Consensus Building Institute improves the way leaders, advocates, experts and communities make public and organizational decisions. We use innovative strategies to engage diverse stakeholders, identify shared goals, manage conflicting interests, achieve joint gains, and build productive working relationships. We work with government agencies, community groups, businesses, advocacy organizations, researchers and educators.
Our work spans:
• Economic, environmental and social issues in the U.S. and around the world
• Organizational management in corporations, public agencies and non-profits
• Conflict resolution education in schools


What CBI does:

The Consensus Building Institute (CBI) improves the way leaders use negotiations to make organizational decisions, achieve agreements, and manage multiparty conflicts and planning efforts. We use proven principles, processes, and techniques that improve group decision-making on complex public and organizational issues. We use our substantive experience and innovative strategies to assist clients worldwide in three core areas:

• Facilitate public collaboration
• Strengthen organizations
• Build knowledge

Whether managing important public issues, building organizational capacity, or expanding knowledge, CBI helps our clients make better decisions and get things done.

Feel free to contact me at the new information below. I will still be reachable through my jgordon@potsadr.com email address so no need to delete anything from your address book or contacts.

Joshua A. Gordon
Senior Associate
Assessment, Coaching & Training Services
The Consensus Building Institute
238 Main Street, Suite 400
Cambridge, MA 02142
617.492.1414 (Office)
617.492.1919 (Fax)
440.388.1079 (eFax)
http://www.cbitraining.org
http://www.cbuilding.org

Posted in ADR Business, Training, Negotiation, ADR News, Organizational Development, Process Engineering, Program Development, Boston | No Comments »