What is Mediation?
Typical mediation includes:
Mediation is a way of resolving disputes and conflict between two or more parties. It may be used in place of legal proceedings or along side.
In mediation it is important that both parties are willing to ‘come to the table’ otherwise no dialogue can be facilitated. In groups it is important that at least some key members are initially willing to engage in the mediation process.
The mediator acts as a neutral facilitator to assist the parties to negotiate a settlement. Mediation is private and confidential between the disputants and the mediator(s). The disputants are empowered and assisted to think creatively in reaching a solution thereby maintaining more control over the outcome than in a law court.
The mediation process generally takes much less time than moving a case through standard legal channels. The court is bound to consider legal rights and liabilities whereas in a mediation we are able to include other issues such as the feelings, needs and the genuine interests of the parties which may range beyond the purely legal.
- establishing ground rules and boundaries
- clarifying individual and/or organisational expectations
- providing parties the opportunity to tell their stories and be truly heard
- identifying key issues
- clarifying (common) objectives
- problem solving to identify options
- facilitating discussion and agreement by all parties on workable solutions
Mediation is a way of resolving disputes and conflict between two or more parties. It may be used in place of legal proceedings or along side.
In mediation it is important that both parties are willing to ‘come to the table’ otherwise no dialogue can be facilitated. In groups it is important that at least some key members are initially willing to engage in the mediation process.
The mediator acts as a neutral facilitator to assist the parties to negotiate a settlement. Mediation is private and confidential between the disputants and the mediator(s). The disputants are empowered and assisted to think creatively in reaching a solution thereby maintaining more control over the outcome than in a law court.
The mediation process generally takes much less time than moving a case through standard legal channels. The court is bound to consider legal rights and liabilities whereas in a mediation we are able to include other issues such as the feelings, needs and the genuine interests of the parties which may range beyond the purely legal.
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The quality of our lives depends not on whether or not we have conflicts, but on how we choose to respond to them. Anon |
