As you approach mediation, there are things you can do to help you remember your good intentions and focus your mind on how you are going to behave and respond to the other person, when the time arrives. In this
Building understanding and ‘Connection’ with the others in mediation Once you are clear about what you will need for yourself and how you might ask for this from the others, in mediation, you are likely to feel better equipped to
Mediation is about co-operation and collaboration, not coercion, SO if your intent is to come into mediation to get what you want, at the expense of others (to win) , mediation is bound to fail. I begin the article with
Before I launch into my 5-stage framework, referred to in part 1 of this 11 part series, let me highlight some of the major emotional challenges and triggers you may encounter, before and during mediation, and how you can begin
Preparing to communicate in mediation- Introduction Video 1 Being in mediation can feel like an ‘emotional toboggan run’. Once you push off, you quickly realise how well prepared you are, or not ! Hi, I am John Hind, mediator, trainer
Learning from the experts is the focus of this series of interviews in which family professionals, from a wide range of expertise, talk to John Hind, Director of Compass Resolution, about the various ways they support people in conflict, to
In 1990, some psychology experiments conducted and reported by Jonathan Schooler and Tonya Engster-Schooler suggested that giving a verbal account of an incident tended to impair future visualisation of what was described(1). Such information questioned the sense of taking witness
So, you want, no, NEED to feel understood ? Why is it that your work colleagues always jump down your throat when you suggest something at work? Why is that your former partner always seems to misunderstand what you are
There are times when I really wished I had thought of something first. The above proposition which was conceived of by Vivek Garg MBA the Texas-based Business Lead and Analyst and published on Linked In is a case in point.
Some facilitators find it a challenge to contain and diffuse ‘eruptions’ in their meetings. Here is a simple approach and suggested sequence of questions to consider and adapt for your own use focusing on peoples core values and interests, to
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