I had come up with an idea: what if I get Jane to agree to have us try a process...
By John CabralDuring a mediation, one or more parties will often bring up the topic of managing expectations- usually in reference to...
By Phyllis PollackOne of the most common questions friends and family often ask me is, "How do I become more comfortable with...
By Bob BordoneIn this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Professor Orna Rabinovich-Einy of the Faculty of Law at the University...
By Orna Rabinovich-Einy, Ian MacDuffCan the TKI Conflict Model (i.e., the five conflict modes along with the assertiveness, cooperativeness, distributive, integrative, and protective dimensions) shed some...
By Ralph Kilmann– and a Personal Story or Two Successful mediation isn’t always rooted in the confidential mediation statement, or the back...
By Charles SchneiderAs the regulator of the .nz domain name space in the information age, there is an expectation that the New...
By Keri MorrisThe January 2023 edition of Mediate.com's Great Reads Book Club: "Self-Determination in Mediation: The Art and Science of Mirrors and...
By Dan Simon, Tara West, Clare FowlerA parenting plan is a living document. It should change as your family's needs change. The new year is a...
By Zarira LovePlease enjoy these haikus from Dan Dana's recent book A Life Mostly Lived, available on amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BKRT3ZXJ Discovering Workplace...
By Daniel DanaMost of my family mediation clients need a separation agreement and they understand this. They do not always understand all...
By Amy RobertsonThe call came in at 2:05 a.m. The 911 operator who took the call was a veteran of many years....
By Mordechai RhineIn this episode, Laura May interviews Brianna Hernandez, a Ph.D. Candidate in the International Relations program at Florida International University....
By Laura MayBrowsing the internet for inspiration, I came upon an article in Live Science concerning quantum physics entitled “Does reality exist...
By Phyllis PollackThis article discusses some civility and ethical issues we experience in our professional practices. While accepting the Republican presidential nomination...
By Lee HornbergerDid you know that when given the option between in-person conciliation and online conciliation, most people in Colombia now prefer...
By Veronica CravenerIn this episode Laura interviews Adrian Wagner, Research Fellow at European School of Governance and an experienced coach for organizational...
By Laura MayOne of the keys to a successful dispute resolution business (or any other business these days) is having a powerful...
By James Melamed, J.D.This post collects and summarizes the posts in the Real Practice Systems Project series. I began by focusing on mediation...
By John LandePeople often ask me to spell out the difference between accommodating and avoiding. Or, as some say: “Accommodating is an...
By Ralph KilmannIntroduction: Conflicts happen when one party believes that another damaged or diminished their interests. When we take these beliefs to...
By Robert BergmanChatGPT is a new language generation program available to anyone for free, developed by Open AI. According to ChatGPT, it...
By Kenneth ClokeChoosing mediation to resolve long and complicated legal wrangles is encouraged across the legal sector and yet, in some cases,...
By Dakota MurpheyThe highly sensitive person I am a highly sensitive person (HSP), one of the estimated 20% of humans on the...
By Lorraine SegalThe 2022 World Cup pageant is being staged in Doha of Qatar, and all interests and attentions are riveted to...
By Mukti RijalReflections on Effectively Achieving Client Goals at the Mediation Table Introduction Litigators too often approach the mediation process with the...
By Sheldon StarkQuality mediation courses include communication skills that enable the mediator to more effectively draw out information, which is necessary, if...
By Nancy Neal YeendFor the past several years Roselle Wissler (Arizona State) and I have been working on several articles about the early stages of...
By Art HinshawFor those of you who are not sports/baseball fans, you may not have known (or cared) that Aaron Judge, who...
By Jill GrossStarting over can seem impossible after divorce. We may have lost who we are, had our future erased, or felt hopeless....
By Melissa Provence