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Voices of Peace: Personal ForgivenessSecrets of a Court Mediator: Forgiveness and MediationGrudges and hostility aren’t free, according to Sam Imperati. With over 30 years experience as a “pit bull” trial attorney, judge and finally mediator, Sam has seen it all, including litigious winners who walk away dissatisfied. The pragmatic forgiveness he brought to his own divorce helps him shine light on a different path for vengeful clients — one of relationship and resolution that brings a rich satisfaction to all involved.
Sam Imperati, JD
Sam Imperati is the executive director of ICMResolutions, a Seattle-based national dispute-resolution provider offering mediation, facilitation, decision-making, team-building, and training services. His mult...
2026-10-1418 min
Leadership Career Accelerator: Build Executive Presence, Influence With Impact & Get PromotedWhy Winning an Argument Can Make Workplace Conflict WorseWorkplace conflict is unavoidable. People disagree over priorities, budgets, responsibilities, decisions, and even small issues that become bigger than they should.But most conflict gets worse because people frame the issue too narrowly. It becomes my idea versus your idea, or who’s right versus who’s wrong. That’s when people start building a case instead of fixing the problem.In this episode, I speak with conflict resolution expert Sam Imperati about how leaders and professionals can handle disagreement more effectively. Sam explains why strong conflict resolution starts with emotional control, impartiality, shared goals, and be...
2026-07-2753 min
Ready Living PodcastWhat Alternative Dispute Resolution Can Do That Litigation Can’tAttorney Sam Imperati is a full-time mediator and Executive Director of ICM Resolutions who has spent decades helping individuals, businesses, and institutions find their way out of conflict without the punishing costs of traditional litigation, bringing a multidisciplinary background to some of the most entrenched disputes imaginable. He's critical of American culture’s deeply ingrained litigation reflex, describing the impulse to ‘lawyer up’ the minute someone feels wronged as the pursuit of revenge deceptively dressed up as the pursuit of justice. The adversarial structure of litigation consumes time, money, and emotional energy, often leaving people worse off for ha...
2026-06-1642 min
The Systems Thinker Show "Engineering Smarter Operations, One Episode at a Time"Sam Imperati | From Pitbull to Peacemaker- The Art of Conflict Resolution|S7E60 Systems Thinker ShowThe High Cost of Victory: Transforming Conflict into Strategic Opportunity1. Introduction: The Exhaustion of the Scorched-Earth DefaultI spent years as a "pitbull" trial attorney, operating under the assumption that professional success required "eating my young" and enjoying it. But after five years on the bench as a judge, I had a sobering epiphany: the adversarial system—the very one we mirror in our boardrooms and corporate disputes—is rarely pretty, and it is almost never efficient.The cost of "winning" through these scorched-earth tactics is staggering. Even the so-called victors walk away drained, having spent immense financial reso...
2026-05-2030 min
The Persuasion Lab with Martin Medeiros#132: Sam Imperati – Mastering Resolution, Not Just SettlementSue or Settle? Negotiating out of litigation with Sam Imperati- trial attorney, judge (pro tem) and meditator .Join Martin Medeiros in The Persuasion Lab with his very special Guest, Sam Imperati, for this information packed episode for anyone facing litigation and looking for alternatives or insights how to engage in litigation productively. Sam Imperati, is the Executive Director of ICMresolutions, a Seattle-based national dispute resolution provider of mediation, facilitation, decision-making, team building, and training services. Sam is experienced at the intersection of policy, politics, science, business, and law. \Sam has been a full-time ADR professional si...
2026-04-011h 19
B2B Vault: The Biz To Biz PodcastSam Imperati, The Attorney That Fights For Your Business! | Biz To Biz PodcastIn this episode of B2B Vault – The Biz To Biz Podcast, host Allen Kopelman welcomes Sam Imperati from ICM Resolutions to talk about practical strategies for resolving business and organizational conflicts.Sam shares how his coaching program helps leaders, executives, and family businesses navigate disputes quickly—often in 30 days or less. Unlike generic courses, his one-on-one approach digs into the root of each conflict, providing tailored tools you can implement right away.🔑 Key Takeaways from this episode:How to uncover the rea...
2025-10-0432 min
Multnomah County Library PodcastsDecision Making: Individually and with Others, with Sam ImperatiSpeaker: Sam Imperati
Making correct decisions is essential to individual and group success. Decision making is the art and science of removing uncertainty in what to do or believe. Optimum resolution requires courage, creativity, objectivity and good judgment.
Cosponsored by Portland Community College, Brown Bag Lunch and Learn programs help you develop and increase your professional skills.
Recorded live at Central Library: January 21, 2016
2016-02-2400 minMultnomah County Library PodcastsDecision Making: Individually and with OthersSpeaker: Sam Imperati
Making correct decisions is essential to individual and group success. Decision-making is the art and science of removing uncertainty in what to do or believe. Optimum resolution requires courage, creativity, objectivity, and good judgment.
Cosponsored by Portland Community College, these free programs help you develop and increase your professional skills.
Recorded Live at Central Library: February 5, 2015
2015-03-0600 minMultnomah County Library PodcastsManaging ConflictSpeaker: Sam Imperati
Disagree without being disagreeable; fix problems without fixing blame. Discover the conflict resolution and communication tools necessary to reach resolution, not just settlement.
Recorded live at the Central Library: February 28, 2013
2013-03-2500 minMultnomah County Library PodcastsManaging Conflict: Tips, Tricks, Traps, Tools with Sam ImperatiInvestigate how to disagree without being disagreeable and fix problems without fixing blame. Discover techniques to reach resolution, not just settlement.
Recorded May 6, 2010
2010-05-0800 min