Donna Hicks

Donna Hicks

Donna Hicks, PhD is an Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.

In addition to teaching conflict resolution at Harvard, Clark and Columbia Universities, Dr. Hicks has spent nearly two decades in the field of international conflict resolution facilitating dialogue between communities in conflict in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Cuba, and Northern Ireland. She was a consultant to the BBC where she co-facilitated a television series, Facing the Truth, with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, which aired in the United Kingdom and on BBC World in 2006.

Dr. Hicks also works as a consultant to corporations and organizations, applying her dignity model to everyday business and relational situations.

She is the author of Dignity: The Essential Role It Plays in Resolving Conflict.

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Resolve conflict by recognizing the dignity of others. Donna Hicks joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to diffuse and minimize conflicts by being aware of the dignity in others and find a way to empathize with that emotion.
How often do you contemplate dignity as a component of interpersonal relationships? Donna Hicks joins Jim Blasingame to encourage increasing our awareness of the dignity of others as a way to decrease tension and increase productivity.