Avoiding Disputes
Business gets done between people. Flawed people. People with their own problems and priorities. But also, people who wake up everyday wanting to do good – to make a difference in their world. People who want to work together – to do the right thing.
Resolving Problems
Problems are part of every business. They keep life and work interesting. They provide opportunities. Opportunities to build trust. To improve quality. To achieve excellence. But real-world problems need to be resolved now, in real time.
Serving Leaders
Toxic or dysfunctional leadership can destroy trust, an organization’s health, and ultimately the organization itself. A cohesive team built on transparency and trust is essential to providing effective leadership that can successfully serve an organization and its people.
Building Trust
Trust is an all or nothing proposition. You have opportunities to build it every day. In the highly connected world you live in today, one intentional breach and your business can disappear. Trust must permeate an organization’s culture to ensure long-term success.
Testimonials
“I have had the pleasure of working with Bill Dean as an outside lawyer and a professional colleague for the better part of 30 years. There is no one who plays the complex three dimensional chess game that is modern business as well as Bill. He thinks clearly in even the most troublesome and difficult situations, simplifies the complex, and provides answers to questions which most lawyers and business people have not even formulated.”
“Bill Dean demonstrates a strong and genuine focus on developing and maintaining trust…He is adept at identifying and expressing the significant interests within a negotiation and highlighting the points that are most important to all parties…more“
“…I was struck right away with Bill’s unusual capacity to listen and provide compelling insights and questions…He has a rare ability to bring solutions and peace to conflicted and difficult conversations…more“
“During a legal career spanning over forty years, I have worked with many representatives of clients active in the construction industry…I have encountered few people in the industry with a better understanding of the dynamics of the interrelationship of the players on a construction project (i.e. – owner, design professional, contractor, subcontractors, etc.)…He is not afraid to think outside the box and come up with imaginative responses to complex issues…more“