Exploring Neutrals’ Neutrality: A Narrative Approach
Neutrality and perhaps as important the perception of neutrality is one of the most precious assets a mediator brings to a mediation. In facilitative and evaluative mediation, the two predominant…
Is Your Mediator Stupid Enough?
I recently read an interesting article by a mediation trainer suggesting that he actively encourages new mediators to become “more stupid.” In the article, Michael Jacobs contends that “stupidity and…
What Every Advocate Should Know About Narrative Mediation
Become a better negotiator by understanding the psychology of narratives.
Bracketology
In virtually every mediation that bogs down, I am asked about the use of brackets. Brackets have their place but to state the obvious: the use of brackets will not…
Narrative Mediation
For the past 18 months or so, I have been studying and trying to implement in my mediation practice, techniques from a “discipline” called Narrative Mediation. Narrative Mediation is not…