Conflict

ADR, Argument, Australia, Communication, Conflict, Creativity, Dispute Resolution, Mediation and Society, mediation models

(University of New South Wales)/ /3 Comments

  Kindergarten and conflict – Pre-school leadership in conflict resolution. Becoming a devoted Grandma has been a surprising and enriching learning experience for me. The early childhood teaching and learning regime in Australia (and across the world) is truly remarkable and is revolutionising how children engage with the world. An important element of this is…

Below the line, Business, Causes of Conflict, Commercial Mediation, Conflict, Developing the Field, Economics, Mediation Practice, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Reflective Practice, Scotland, Uncategorized

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money

Twice today I’ve found myself responding to mediator reflections in these terms: the money’s not about the money. Both cases involved financial negotiation, even haggling, but that’s deceptive. The key to settlement lay not in the realm of calculation and rationality but in the more opaque social world of face, punishment, justice and emotion. In…

ADR, Conflict, Dialogue, Dispute Resolution, Fear

(Bond & Bond Mediation / University of Wildau )/ /2 Comments

People have very good reasons not to want to enter into dialogue with each other over conflict (with or without mediation). By this, I am not considering the rational choice that a dispute or conflict is “not suited” to mediation since the chances of a better outcome without amicable resolution are deemed higher. It is…

Conflict, Creativity, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Reflective Practice

(University of New South Wales)/ /1 Comment

Holidays are a wonderful thing. Not only are they a great opportunity to step outside the obligations and scheduling of daily life, they open the space where the bigger picture lives. And so it was for me in my lovely apartment at the top of the cliff in Riomaggiore on the Cinque Terre in Italy….

Apology, Community Mediation, Conflict, Developing the Field, Dialogue, Fear, Mediation and Society, Promoting Mediation, Understanding mediation

(Bond & Bond Mediation / University of Wildau )/ /1 Comment

Mediators should speak up confidently for mediation. In this post I will consider some reasons why this might be difficult, and others why it is so necessary. It is not only that mediation is not sufficiently known. It can also be intimidating, and it is our job to explain it. Shortly after I had finished…

Causes of Conflict, Conflict, Dialogue, Framing, Language, Social Media

(NZ Centre for ICT Law & School of Law, Auckland University)/ /Leave a comment

It’s just over six weeks since the horrific shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, leading to 50 deaths, and a month since I felt compelled to make that event the topic of my blog. Now, in the wake of the attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka leading to over 250…

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  Court cases are an important source of guidance for mediators, disputants and their lawyers. They remind us that the law casts a long shadow even when a mediation appears to have resolved successfully. They can rescue us – helping us identify and avoid previously unforeseen difficulties. Here’s an example Mr. and Mrs. Studer moved…

ADR, Apologies, Bias, Communication, Conflict, Dialogue, Mediation as a business, Mediation Outcomes, Mediation Practice, Research, Skills, Social intelligence, Success in mediation

(FORARB/Charles University)/ /1 Comment

You are usually at a disadvantage for you will take over the boat in midst of the conflict storm without having the chance to prepare the crew and to check on the ship. Yet you are charged to navigate the vessel through all perils of misunderstandings, mistrust, and perceptions. It takes time to make sure…

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(Bill Marsh Mediator)/ /4 Comments

One of the privileges of mediating is to watch leaders at work. Every party, every team, has its leader(s). And as any mediator will tell you, the way in which they choose to lead during a mediation – and more widely during the conflict or dispute itself – has a significant impact on the outcome;…

Below the line, Conflict, conlfict coaching, Conventional wisdom, Framing, Joint Sessions, mediation traditions, Trust

(Brick Court Chambers / Clifton Chambers)/ /4 Comments

Pollyanna/pɒlɪˈanə/ noun/an excessively cheerful or optimistic person. “what I am saying makes me sound like some ageing Pollyanna who just wants to pretend that all is sweetness and light” Every mediator has been called a Pollyanna at some time or other, usually when encouraging those in conflict that resolution is just around the corner – and often in that…