August 8, 2011 / Conflict Management, Legislation, NHS, News, Personal Safety, Physical restraint, Self-defence, Tips / Darren Good
A friend of mine was telling me about an article he’d read on a solicitor's website about a care-worker who had won damages as a result of her claim for personal injury when a patient she was dealin
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
April 12, 2010 / Body Language, News, Personal Safety, Tips, Violence / Darren Good
I heard this story on the news the other day and to be honest it’s not that surprising this police officer was cleared of the charges. Even if it may be viewed by an outsider as being over zealous o
March 3, 2010 / News / Darren Good
Not listening effectively and butting in whilst the other person is speaking – I think this is one of the most underestimated things in conflict resolution. You must listen to the other person’
February 18, 2010 / News / Darren Good
I have been pretty busy during the last few weeks carefully up skilling myself and trying to become a better trainer. You might remember I wrote about my growing desire to improve my personal developm