Mediator
 

Mediation is a process of principled negotiations. "Principled negotiation ... is to decide issues on their merits rather than through a haggling process focused on what each side says it will and will not do.

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Arbitrator
 

Arbitration is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, where the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons by whose decision (the "award") ...

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ombudsman
 

An ombudsperson is an independent information resource, communications channel complaint handler and dispute resolver. He or she is designated by the organization as neutral and independent and able to offer confidentiality to those who come to them.

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neutral investigator
 

Disputes between employers and employees are a fact of life in the workplace. Early, neutral investigations of workplace disputes can play an important part in a strategy to ...

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There is no 'one size fits all'
finding the appropriate dispute resolution


There is no one size fits all approach for resolving conflict. I offer an array of appropriate dispute resolution methods (ADR) and will help you determine the approaches that are most likely to help resolve the conflict facing you.

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Organizational Ombudsman Programs

Pro se divorce mediation
Free Divorce Mediation Consultation            


The legal term pro se means, "for oneself". And if you're considering a pro se divorce, you're probably aware of its benefits for your specific situation. However, most pro se divorce couples believe they must visit a lawyer to file an initial court action. That's not true in Florida, where mediation is available before anyone files a court action. The Florida Supreme Court certifies mediators to help pro se divorce couples... resolve even the most difficult conflicts without ever involving a lawyer.

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Mediation Matters
By Roger C. Benson

The Importance of Persistence


April 11 at 14:21 PM

The Mediator Matters - Issue #6 Subject: The Importance of Persistence

“If this were easy, you wouldn’t be here.”

Over the years, that statement has become part of my opening remarks. It expresses a critically important fact: the parties have tried, with varying degrees of skill and effort, to settle their differences but they’ve been unable to do so. At that point, I try to remind them:

“The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.”

 As a mediator, how do I achieve what looks to be impossible? The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution’s Task Force on Improving the Quality of Mediation produced a valuable survey that investigated “factors that define high quality mediation practice.”  They talked to both mediators and the consumers of mediation. They found that one of the essential criteria in ...

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