Deborah M. Osborne
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Expert
Athena Agreements’ founder Deborah M. Osborne is a certified negotiation and conflict resolution expert with 20+ years of experience and over 500 cases under her belt. She pioneered the adoption of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for business, development, organizational, land use, and environmental conflicts in governmental, intercultural, regulatory, and legal contexts.
Transform conflict into opportunity. Unlock stalemate.
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Person to Person Negotiation and Your Business
Deborah M. Osborne, company founder explains how we do better together in the book’s Eight Step Framework. She has your back to move you forward so you evolve in your business and partnerships.
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Athena Agreements has the tools to move you forward, not backward. Our toolbox is loaded with these and other crown jewels.
Musings
CAN WE TALK?
SENSITIVE ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS – Part One Being uncomfortable to approach a sensitive issue or controversial topic could be just the tip of the
CHALK ONE UP FOR THE EASEL AND WHITEBOARD IN NEGOTIATIONS
As a trained neutral party and mediator, I find that an old-fashioned easel with white paper or a virtual whiteboard, depending on the setting, helps
LAND USE, MODERNIZATION AND A SENSE OF PLACE
When our company founder worked at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) community and landowner disputes surfaced over the siting, construction and abandonment of facilities