Category: Diplomacy

Being a conflict resolution specialist is, at least in my experience, a 24‑hour job. At first, people don’t fully understand...

For much of its modern development, mediation has been shaped by jurisdiction. Training pathways, accreditation frameworks, and professional bodies have...

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall...

It gives me great pride and happiness to tell you about the release of my long gestating book "The Duck Springs...

DARVO stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. It is a recognizable rhetorical sequence in modern conflict engagement...

John Paul Lederach discusses his reflections of decades of countless past dialogue experiences where what happened before, between and after...

Republished with permission by: Will Work For Food Our special guest this week, Cindy Randall, VP, Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft, will...

Albie Muldavin Davis, a pioneering figure in community mediation, conflict resolution and gender equity, died peacefully on April 26 at...

Dear Donald, I hope you don’t mind us being on a first name basis. Since we are all equal in...

From the American Arbitration Association & Mediate.com Listen to the AI Podcast of this Article: Watch the AI Video of...

Abraham Lincoln is the most familiar and most written-about figure in U.S. history, and is generally ranked as our greatest...

This post addresses the opening phase of the mediation process. The mediation begins with opening presentations, otherwise known as "opening...

Mediation Mind Shifts are the critical, incremental shifts in thinking that must occur to move people embroiled in conflict from...

Deliver Excellent Client Service Provide Two Complementary Services: Attorneys counsel clients and also represent them in communicating with the mediators...

These are scary times in the United States. By a very narrow margin, a new government came into power about...

I’ve been reflecting deeply on my values over the past few weeks. As our institution and colleagues have come under...

We have received word that Marshall Peter, a long-time much heralded special education and mediation advocate, has passed away.  Here...

Inside Conflict Transformation with MBBI's Prabha Sankaranarayan Host Laura May speaks with Prabha Sankaranarayan, president and CEO of Mediators Beyond...

I will think about peace, why peace is important and how it works.  I will help use my peacemaker efforts to...

Susan Guthrie is diving into a timely and crucial topic today: how the early days of the Trump administration are...

In Jimmy Carter’s book entitled “A Full Life” he describes the 13-day 1978 Camp David peace negotiations between Egypt and...

In this episode of the Conflict Tipping podcast, we welcome Fleur Ravensbergen, mediator, author, and co-founder of the Dialogue Advisory...

This summary and audio podcast are from a YouTube video entitled "Light-Hearted Guide for the Heavy-Hearted Employee" featuring an interview...

John Ford is a seasoned mediator.  He also describes himself as the purveyor of The Empathy Set. These are tools...

Here is an 18 minute NotebookLM Podcast describing the 1 hr 47 minute video below. https://youtu.be/n2halO4oqwI?si=O2t34zvkOoMJwIr2

In this episode of the Conflict Tipping podcast, host Laura May is joined by returning guest Ankur Delight, mediator and...

From the Publisher: If you are a leader—in any sense of the word—or aspire to be an effective one, the...

In this episode of the Conflict Tipping podcast, host Laura May speaks with Dr Judith Rafferty, an expert mediator and...

As we know, American attorneys regularly represent clients in mediation.  There’s a ton of theory about mediation generally but much...

Here is the NotebookLM Summary of this Video: This YouTube video is an interview with Chip Rose, a highly-respected divorce...