Approaching Mediation From Another Vantage Point
Very few Arbitrators or Mediators, however astute, can truly appreciate what a Party is feeling in the midst of mediation or Court mandated settlement...
More NWA conflicts trying mediation over litigation
Domestic cases such as divorce and child custody damaged needed relationships and were costly to litigate, the Fayetteville attorney said. Smith, a lawyer for...
Two Magic Words that diffuse arguments
You and your partner consider yourselves pretty good communicators, but let’s face it—occasionally you both lose your tempers and sometimes, you wish you could...
Drilling Down—-ADR Marketing Strategy
By Diana Mercer
You’ve got a great marketing plan and lots of terrific ideas yet you’re still not making any money.
What’s wrong? Isn’t hard work and...
Mediating the obsession with Arbitration
By Edmund Mingle
It is common to find in commercial agreements, dispute resolution clauses that refer to arbitration as the first mechanism for settlement before...
5 Reasons to Choose Mediation to Solve a Dispute
Justice always prevails, right? Anyone who has watched a TV crime show knows that the bad guys are always caught. The good guys always...
Gambia: A lesson for African dictators
Soon after the peaceful transition of power from Barack Obama to Donald Trump in the US, Gambia's crisis was also resolved without a single...
4 Negotiation Strategies for resolving values-based disputes
In many negotiations, both parties are aware of what their interests are, and are willing to engage in a give-and-take process with the other...
Keeping the Peace
True peace is not merely the absence of negative force - tension, confusion or war; it is the presence of some positive force -...
Is there a better way to handle neighbor disputes?
Legal intervention is sometimes unavoidable, but it can become more of a tool to exert power than a means to a peaceable resolution.
In the...
