Mediation Blog
Culture -It Is All Around Us!
One of the last topics I discussed in my ADR Ethics class this semester was mediating multiculturally. In her book, Mediation Ethics: Cases and Commentaries (Jossey-Bass 2011), Ellen Waldman quotes a definition of culture as [Read More]
Have Faith in Another’s Honesty!
In any given mediation, I am often asked whether I think the other party is telling the “truth”, can she be “trusted” ? et cetera. It is a hard question to answer, and I prefer [Read More]
Sharing Food Enhances Negotiations!
In my mediations, I make it a point to put out some Danish or cookies and fruit in each of the conference rooms (as well as coffee and water.) I do this partially to help [Read More]
If you are going to mediate, be happy!
Long ago, I learned that outside events can affect a person’s mood at mediation. One example is traffic- fighting traffic to get to a mediation on time will affect the negotiation process. For this reason, [Read More]
Bidding Against Yourself…Until the Other Side is Out of Time!
One cardinal rule of negotiation is that one should not bid against herself. That is, negotiation should be a two-way conversation in which party A makes an offer to which party B responds with a [Read More]
The Reality of Impasse: Show me the money!
It is funny how sometimes the stars align to suddenly highlight an issue that was nowhere in my conscious brain before then. Last night, I received an emergency e mail asking if I could help [Read More]
