Two new mediate.com articles up today
Worth a read;
Evaluative Mediation Techniques Help Achieve Success by L.A’s Jeff Kichaven
‘A mediator’s evaluations can take as many forms as there are stars in the heavens… the most common are:
1. Ask pointed questions that raise issues or imply answers.
2. Give an analysis of the case, including strengths and weaknesses.
3. Make predictions about likely court results.
Suggest possible resolutions or specific settlements.
4. Apply some pressure…’ [read more]
Summarising by UK’s Alan Sharland from Hillingdon Community Mediation
‘Summarising is the second effective communication skill which forms part of the cyclical process of Listening – Summarising – Questioning that promotes Effective Communication and Effective Conflict Resolution…’ [read more]
Adapted from an address to the annual conference of the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand in July 2015. A revised version of a keynote address given to the...
By John SturrockFrank Sander speaks of how he became involved in negotiation and dispute resolution, emphasizing that it was more of an evolving path laid before him rather than a conscious choice...
By Frank SanderFrom the CMP Blog Between 2008 and 2009, 35 employees of France Télécom committed suicide. One woman threw herself from a fifth-floor window in front of her colleagues. Many had...
By Arran Heal