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The Complete Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation's Golden Age
This seminal compilation of "Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation's Golden Age" is now available for FREE! This is a work by 40 authors from around the world brought together for Mediate.com's 25th Anniversary Conference.
Inside the Mediation Room with Michael and Karen Aurit - Guest Bill Eddy
This is the second episode of Michael and Karen Aurit's video podcast "Inside The Mediation Room," devoted to hearing stories and insights from some of the world's most experienced mediators and dispute resolvers. In this episode their guest is Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq., who developed the high conflict personality theory to explain the driving forces behind people who present the most challenging behaviors.
Mediation As A New Path To Curtail Bullying
Bias-based bullying happens when children ‘otherize’ one another by making someone feel they do not belong because they are considered ‘different’.
The Surge in Workplace Disputes Under Disability Discrimination Laws: Good News or Bad News?
I have been wondering—as we are well into our second year of the pandemic—whether the relationships between employees with disabilities and their employers are changing in unanticipated ways.
Negotiation Tactics: How They Work and How to Protect Yourself and Your Client from Them
Why talk about negotiation tactics, manipulative moves designed to slant an outcome in one side’s favor more than the other, based on “tricks” or gamesmanship versus merit?
Battling Burnout: Mental Health and Self-Care in Mediation
Individuals sinking in personal or professional problems may turn to a mediator; Businesses troubled with contractual and commercial disputes may appoint a mediator; Nation-states imploding in racial or communal tension may call on a mediator – and after all this giving, who does the Mediator call on in times of need?
Race and Caste, Gender and Patriarchy, Wealth and Class: Mediating the Systems, Structures, and Sources of Prejudice
As a society, we have not resolved many enduring disputes, or convinced each other, or even discussed them intelligently, but ended up instead screaming at one another, clashing violently, and being prepared to manipulate, and even jettison the entire democratic process if it doesn’t back the candidates and policies we support.
ADR’S Place in Navigating a Polarized Era
Analyzing ADR can be like wrestling an octopus.
Change Power is in the Process: When Listening is Not Enough
Since the untimely and senseless killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, the response from many organizations, places of work, and corporations have been to hold listening sessions specifically for African Americans to “share their story” with their peers.
Reflective Practice - Observing Mediator Language
The art and craft of mediation, like many other skills, mainly matures from the myriad mistakes mediators make on their way to meticulously mastering the process.
Evaluative Approach
Zena Zumeta explains the difficulties she sees with using an evaluative approach. However, she sees how it can be useful in a dispute where there is a power imbalance.
A Transformational Approach to Conflicts Between Police, Demonstrators, and Communities of Color
Every officer learns to use violence and the martial arts. How many learn empathy, compassion, and emotional intelligence?
George Floyd: What Leaders Need To Do Now
A neuroscience explanation of the reaction to the George Floyd tragedy; specific steps leaders need to take to affect change; and how mediators and facilitators can help in the process.
Interview with Nina Meierding
New interview with Nina Meierding by Robert Benjamin as part of Mediate's new "The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society" video series.
Don’t Rely on Peer Mediation to Resolve Bullying in Schools
One way schools can equip students with the skills to address conflict is through peer mediation.
A Guide: How to Collect Text, Message, Phone and Email Evidence
This article is aimed at clients working with collaborative practitioners, therapists, or legal counsel who need to document text message and email conversations for evidence or as a reference, a summary of what to document, and how to document so that what is captured will be admissible, if required.
The Craziness of Workplace Mobbing
Workplace mobbing can make you feel crazy.
Dealing With Defensiveness In High Conflict People
When most people think of high conflict people (HCPs), they think of bad behavior. The goal seems to be to get them to STOP their bad behavior, by verbally motivating them to have insights into how bad they are acting. However, the high conflict behavior of HCPs is not driven by logic and self-awareness.
Mediation Essentials – Case Study of Delhi High Court Rules
What can you do if you think your case cannot be resolved by mediation?
Mediating With Bullies
Albie Davis explains that she is okay with mediating with bullies and describes different types of bullies.
Lead Without Bullying
We’re reading a lot these days about leaders who bully.
Will More Harassment Training Ever Work?
A new study has claimed 44% of UK business directors haven’t had any training on workplace harassment.
What's Aspiration and What's Bullying?
There’s a thin line between a high-performance workplace with high expectations and an organisation poisoned by bullying.
The £1 Million Investigation
A lack of attention to investigating an accusation of assault has cost King’s College NHS Foundation Trust a reported £1 million payout.
Leaving Facebook
I was a fan of Facebook from my first login. I registered right after it opened to the public in 2006, and I led most of my friends onto the platform. I am now choosing to leave Facebook.