Trouble at the Watering Hole: The Adventures of Emo and Chickie

By Gregg F Relyea and Joshua N. Weiss

The forest animals have a problem—the watering hole isn't big enough. They have all the usual reasons for getting more water—who is biggest, who is strongest, and who is cleverest. But the animals are getting nowhere. Worse yet, they are fighting with each other, which won't solve anything.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Resolution Press
• Release date: Apr 18, 2017
• ISBN: 9780998242378

Gregg F Relyea

Mr. Relyea is a mediator, professor, negotiation teacher, corporate trainer, and lawyer. In addition to helping people resolve their legal and commercial disputes with mediation, arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution, Mr. Relyea teaches negotiation at the University of San Diego School of Law and the University of California, San Diego. Mr. Relyea is a member of the Panel of Distinguished Mediators and Arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association.

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Trouble at the Watering Hole: The Adventures of Emo and Chickie

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Illustration and Composition by Vikrant Singh (ART FACT INDIA)

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ISBN-13: 978-0-9982423-7-8

About the Authors

Gregg F. Relyea is a professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law, California Western School of Law, and University of California, San Diego (UCSD), teaching negotiation, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution. He has been called upon by numerous governmental agencies, courts, and corporations to provide mediation training, including the United States Department of Justice, the United States State Department, the San Diego Superior Court, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the Supreme Court of India, the High Courts of Delhi, India, Bangalore, India, Chennai, India, and Ahmedabad, India. He has also conducted mediation training for various non-governmental agencies in the United States and around the world. Mr. Relyea was a guest of honor at the 2018 International ADR Summit in Delhi, India, where he moderated panels, provided training, and served as a valedictory speaker to close the conference. He is a frequent guest lecturer for specialized programs, including the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (University of California, San Diego), the San Diego Association of Realtors, and in-house training programs at law firms and other organizations. Mr. Relyea is an experienced workplace investigator, working with corporations to understand claims of discrimination and harassment, and wrongful termination.

Gregg F. Relyea is a full-time mediator, professional negotiator, international trainer and lawyer. He helps people resolve legal, governmental, complex commercial, and interpersonal disputes. As a professor of law, he teaches key principles and advanced skills of constructive conflict resolution. As a mediator, Mr. Relyea applies these principles and skills on a regular basis with everyday people, litigants, and organizations.

Dr. Joshua Weiss is the co-founder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University and a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Project. He is also the Director and creator of the Master of Science degree in Leadership and Negotiation at Baypath University. He received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University in 2002. Dr. Weiss speaks and publishes on leadership, negotiation, mediation, and approaches to resolving conflicts.

Both authors have published numerous articles about conflict resolution in professional journals and they have produced instructional videos in various formats, including YouTube.com, blogs, podcasts, and other websites.

Praise for Trouble at the Watering Hole

From His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India

The only sensible and intelligent way of resolving differences in today’s world is through dialogue in a spirit of compromise and reconciliation. Dialogue, through which we learn to listen to other points of view, is the way to build greater trust and transparency, and is the foundation of lasting friendship. Everyone from small children up to political leaders have to understand that violence and conflict are counterproductive, that they are not a realistic way to