Category: About Mediation

John Ford is a seasoned mediator.  He also describes himself as the purveyor of The Empathy Set. These are tools...

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Here is the NotebookLM Summary of this Video: This YouTube video is an interview with Chip Rose, a highly-respected divorce...

Recently, I had the privilege of hearing a distinguished healthcare education expert discuss the critical need for effective communication and...

Have you ever felt the lingering ache of a relationship long after the final goodbye? Even  when legal ties are...

Now that franchising as a legal relationship has embraced mediation as a pre-filing requirement for suit or arbitration in most...

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When I convened the Demystifying Distress event co-sponsored by Mediate.com, NAFCM, APFM, ACR, CPR, and my Mental Health Safe Project...

 Listen to the NotebookLM Podcast of this Article: Summary: While often dismissed as irrational, disingenuous, unethical or “Machiavellian,” game playing...

In September 1993 I started my first job out of college, an unpaid internship at the National Institute for Dispute...

A Small Tribute to my cousin Thomas ("Tom") Fee. After a year plus battle with cancer he died peacefully on...

Mediation has been part of China’s cultural fabric for thousands of years. The process of a respected neutral assisting parties...

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Listen to a NotebookLM AI podcast about this article: Overview Since the end of World War II, in which the...

Pursuant to California Senate Bill 940 by Senator Tom Umberg, the State Bar of California will be  offering certification to...

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Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash Bringing five percent more compassion can really make a difference in conflicts. What...

In the high-stakes, high-stress world of healthcare, unresolved conflict is an unfortunate but common occurrence.  From disagreements over patient care...

As the well-informed readers of Mediate.com blogs will know, in 1976 Professor Frank Sanders first advanced the idea of a...

In this online discussion, Colin Rule interviews Peter Salem and Kelly Browe Olson about their new book Family Dispute Resolution:...

From the Publisher: If you are a leader—in any sense of the word—or aspire to be an effective one, the...

As we know, American attorneys regularly represent clients in mediation.  There’s a ton of theory about mediation generally but much...

Disputes are an inevitable part of life. Family, workplace, community all occasionally present conflicts.  In our culture, many of us...

Empathy is more than just a concept or an abstract ideal; it’s a fundamental part of our human nature, deeply...

One of the primary aims of mediation in divorce is to collaboratively reach an agreement in one or more areas...

Your favorite holiday is right around the corner.  That's right - every 3rd Thursday of October is Conflict Resolution Day. And...

The Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law establishes an international...

This article was first published in the Oakland County Legal News on August 27, 2024. As a mediator and negotiation coach...

Posting my short article, The Important Role of Attorneys in Promoting Parties’ Self-Determination in Mediation, on the NYC-DR listserv prompted several...

In mediation, the definition and concept of ‘self-determination’ is an oft-used way to discuss the parties’ participation in decision-making and...