From "Chicken Dance" to Mexican Hat Dance

It seems as though no matter how long I recognized that the "chicken dance" always preceded negotiations, I always was learning new steps to the dance routine. Even though the ultimate objective of the dance -- to gain power or position -- never changes, adding the element of a new culture to the mix, always brings additional, and somewhat different, steps to the dance routine. In the situation that follows, the "chicken dance" dragged out over a period of years, and ultimately, crossed the border into Mexico where it became commingled with some steps from the "Mexican Hat... http://bit.ly/az4CXH