August 3, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, Personal Safety, Physical restraint / Darren Good
It’s likely that many of the readers of my blog will know the dangers of using restraint techniques already. Most experts in the field would argue that used properly the restraint of an individual i
July 26, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, Legislation, NHS, News, Personal Safety, Self-defence, Violence / Darren Good
I’ve been reading a few blogs recently about Lion Steel Ltd.who are the second company to be charged under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 since its implementation. This i
July 20, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Door Supervisor Training, Good Sense News, Legislation, News, Personal Safety, Violence / Darren Good
I want to share with you a tragic and ongoing situation that raises a number of interesting points for me around physical intervention strategies when dealing with conflict. The situation concerns fou
July 12, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, Personal Safety, Self-defence, Tips / Darren Good
The News of the World scandal has dominated the press this week and served to warn us just how difficult personal privacy is and yet it's something we all take as a personal right. We all do as muc
July 5, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, POLITE Model, Tips / Darren Good
This week I have been working on a revision to one of my training modules to reflect a client’s need and having enjoyed a spectacular start to the weekend with the men’s final at Wimbledon...I hav
June 27, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, POLITE Model, Personal Safety, Self-defence, Tips, Violence / Darren Good
I was doing a fun run with my 14 year old son at the weekend and it reminded me how ever present the potential for conflict is. It started with the usual heated debate with my wife as we were rushing
May 14, 2010 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, Self-defence / Darren Good
In my opinion, e-learning does have a place in Conflict Resolution Training but its not the panacea. At GoodSense we do offer a number of e-learning courses which help fill a gap and give someone a
April 8, 2010 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Tips / Darren Good
I was away at the European Network of Trainers in the Management of Aggression (ENTMA) conference in Amsterdam a couple of weeks ago and whilst I was there I saw lots of demonstrations and examples of
March 11, 2010 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, NHS / Darren Good
In 2008/09 there were 54,758 reported physical assaults against NHS staff in England. This is a reduction of 1,235 compared to the previous year. There were 941 criminal sanctions in cases of assault,
February 5, 2010 / Conflict Resolution, Violence / Darren Good
I noticed a story this week that really saddened me to the core, the The Mirror’s article read: A charity was fined £30,000 yesterday for failing to protect a care worker stabbed to death by a