When two people with different needs and views connect, some friction is natural. Here’s how to keep things running smoothly. The “Fifty-Fifty Rule” refers to the idea that both partners contribute ...

Relationships are precarious, man-on-a-wire exercise in push/pull dynamics. You have to compromise to be in a relationship. You cannot be in a relationship strictly on your own terms, it takes two to ...

Relationships are all about compromise. Anyone in even a semi-happy relationship will tell you that. Sometimes, you're going to have to do stuff you don't want to do, and sometimes, the other person ...

Compromise always occurs among two decision makers when a woman is involved (female pairs or mixed gender pairs) because compromise is consistent with feminine norms. It hardly ever occurs when the ...

As often as it is with politics, so it may be with corporate governance. The recent chaos surrounding the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives offers a colorful but useful tutorial ...

When did the word “compromise” get compromised? When did the negative connotations of “He was caught in a compromising position” or “She compromised her ethics” replace the positive connotations of ...

Geoff Nunberg, the linguist contributor on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, is the author of the book The Years of Talking Dangerously. Sometimes people avoid even saying the word. Not long after the ...

Ukraine’s president has floated a possible compromise to a key Russian demand that Kyiv give up territory in eastern Ukraine.

To overcome the current impasse in global climate negotiations we propose a compromise for sharing the remaining carbon budget, based on four elements. First, limiting initial action to the Major ...