Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Michael Lang by Cinnie Noble (video and AI Podcast)

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Video Conversation Project

In a turn-around, Cinnie Noble talks with Michael, asking how he became a mediator, learning about his first mediation, and talking about Michael’s long-time interest in bringing the principles and methods of reflective practice into the field of conflict work.

Summary:

This YouTube interview focuses on Michael Lang, a mediator who discusses his career journey, starting with his unexpected entry into the mediation field through a divorce case and how his background in transactional analysis and gestalt therapy influenced his approach. The conversation emphasizes the importance of reflective practice in mediation, which Lang defines as a continual process of self-examination, curiosity, and learning. He highlights the need for a theoretical framework to guide mediators in their practice and how this framework informs the decisions they make during mediation. The interview concludes with Lang’s advice for new mediators: to be voracious learners and to engage in reflective practice to continuously improve their skills and understanding of the mediation process.

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Michael Lang

For over 40 years Michael has mediated family, workplace and organizational disputes. He has designed and presented introductory and advanced mediation and conflict management courses, workshops and webinars in the US and internationally. Michael created one of the first graduate programs in conflict resolution in the US at Antioch University… MORE >

                       

Cinnie Noble

Cinnie Noble is a certified coach (PCC) and mediator and a former lawyer specializing in conflict management coaching. She is the author of two coaching books: Conflict Management Coaching: The CINERGY™ Model and Conflict Mastery: Questions to Guide You. MORE >