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An unbalanced workplace – Discrimination and equality issues in workplace mediation

https://www.cedr.com/articles/?item=An-Unbalanced-Workplace-Discrimination-and-Equality-Issues-in-Workplace-MediationCEDR article :: An Unbalanced Workplace – Discrimination and Equality Issues in Workplace Mediation <!– –>// // By Andrew Fiddy and Fiona Colquhoun CEDR Disputes involving allegations of unlawful discrimination and the topics of prejudice and equality are arguably some

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Finding a way through difficult conversations

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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The disappointment barrier to resolution

There are many barriers to resolving conflict but this one is prevalent in most mediations, in one form or another. The feeling of disappointment, disappointment wrapped up in the sadness about the end of a relationship, disappointment about another persons

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Is that really such a good plan?

Are you doing the same things over and over BUT expecting things to improve? People often want to tell me, in mediation assessments, how unreasonable their former partner has been, their ‘blame’ narrative. So, unreasonable, in fact, that their former

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Ben Elton’s Refrigerator

In one of my recent blogs “The Madness Goes On – A Dispute over a £4,000 repair bill racks up £300,000 in costs” which dealt with the proportionate costs incurred in a court case involving a neighbour/nuisance dispute, I reflected

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An Injustice That Is Never Resolved

Some injustices can never be resolved. Most of us make a complaint when we don’t receive good service or there is negligent behaviour on the part of a professional delivering a service to us or our family. Organisations tend to

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