Nobody can be forced to go to a mediation so people need to choose to participate. This article aims to answer questions I am often asked about what is often the most difficult part of the process – getting people to show up in the first place. How can I convince the...
What are the 7 ancient instincts? Jaan Panskepp, a radical neuroscientist identified human beings are driven by seven ancient instincts, or “primary-process affective systems,”. These are seeking, anger, fear, panic-grief, care, pleasure/lust and play. The...
Workplace Mediation Tips Most employees will only ever mediate once, if at all, during the course of their career. Equally, many organisations generally do not use mediation as a matter of course so there is not a culture of early resolution embedded into the...
A client was refreshingly honest with me at a mediation seminar I gave recently saying “I’ve never been particularly keen on mediation because quite frankly it is better to win at court”. Mediators, including of course myself, are incredibly...
The increase in take up of mediation in previously aggressively litigated civil and commercial cases has created an increasingly sophisticated set of tactics employed during the course of the average mediation. Lawyers are aware that even though most cases...
