Stuck? Questions Might Help
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From Jeff Thompson's Enjoy Mediation Blog April 2009 |
Stuck in your negotiation or mediation? These questions might help you move from being stuck to moving forward together.
1. How can we decide which option to choose?
2. How can we accomplish what you want?
3. What makes that solution fair?
4. How did you arrive at that idea?
5. What is the theory behind that?
6. How do other people handle that problem?
7. What would happen if you went to court?
8. Would expert opinion be of any help?
9. What is it you are trying to accomplish?
10. How have you resolved this problem before?
11. Is there another alternative you can think of?
12. Why do you think that will/won’t work?
13. What would you need to resolve this dispute?
14. What do you think your opponent wants?
From this manual [here], note the link is a pdf file.
Biography
Jeff Thompson is a certified international mediator. He is also a law enforcement detective in New York. His law enforcement role include a being a communication and conflict specialist, interfaith dialogue, developing and implementing community engagement programs, and designing training workshops.
Jeff is currently a PhD candidate researching nonverbal communication and mediation at Griffith University Law School. He also received his MS in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution from the Creighton University School of Law. Jeff has presented and trained on the topic of conflict, mediation, communication and nonverbal communication internationally and has been published and featured with numerous international media organizations. He currently writes also at PsychologyToday.com.
(All posts by Jeff Thompson represent his personal reflections and opinions as a mediator and not that of any organization.)
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