"What's Happening in Conflict Resolution" is a weekly round up of the all the ADR news, jobs, events and more. Check it out each week and view past versions [HERE]…

Have you ever felt like you have been dragged into a dispute??

I don't know about you, but I have.

Before you can blink, your muscles are starting to tense and your heart beats faster. Your lizard brain is starting to engage and the little hairs on the back of your neck are starting to bristle. You're in ... and ready to 'get it on.'

Did you ever think that you…

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When deciding whether to use a mediator for a personal conflict, which factor is most important to potential clients? Convenience, Cost, Credentials, or Consumer Critiques?

Advancing Dispute Resolution posed this question to over 1,500 of your friends, neighbors, and co-workers across the U.S. Their response: 40% consider mediator credentials to be most important, while 31% choose to weigh costs first. Not terribly…

From Mediate.com

by Giuseppe de Palo, Christian Radu Chereji, Constantin-Adi Gavrila

The above three authors recently wrote a fairly in-depth response to Adi Gavrila's article titled "What Went Wrong With Mediation." …

It's been a pretty stressful week in our home. My husband, who started a new job about a year ago, is under a tremendous amount of pressure at work--trying to please his boss. Now, my husband would be classified as a people-pleaser and very, very easy to please. I'm being serious when I tell you that all he asked for when he turned 48 this past January was a bag of pretzels and some Cokes (and that's what he got).…

It seems statements that go like, “I didn’t mean it that way” are ones we use when something we said or how we said it is misinterpreted by another person and offends her or him. Or, it may be a gesture that is misread. In either case, as a consequence of the other person’s reaction to us and the realization that our words or actions are perceived in a way that is not intended, we attempt to defend ourselves and explain what we meant. This is when we may utter phrases like, “I didn’t mean it…

Most of us understand when there is a conflict, but we have not looked at what keeps us locked into the conflict. Those three components are powerful magnets for us. The program today will examine how identity, emotion and power work in conflict, and how understanding each of them…

Hon. Michele F. Lowrance (Ret.), Joins JAMS in Chicago

March 10, 2014

CHICAGO – JAMS, the largest private provider of mediation and arbitration services worldwide, today announced the addition of Hon. Michele F. Lowrance (Ret.) to its panel.  Judge Lowrance will be based in the JAMS Chicago Resolution Center and is available to hear cases nationwide.  She will serve as a mediator within the family law practice…

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT COACHING WEBINAR

Conflict management coaching, also known as conflict coaching, is a specialized niche in the field of coaching and conflict management.  It is a one-on-one technique, in which a trained coach assists people to effectively prevent or manage specific disputes and to enhance their conflict management skills.  This process has wide application.  It may be used before and after a conflict has arisen, or while it is in…

American Arbitration Association Selects Modria to Power New York No Fault Caseload…

On February 20, 2014, the National Assembly of Quebec unanimously approved An Act to establish the new Code of Civil Procedure. Bertrand St-Arnaud, Quebec's Minister of Justice, noted that these reforms …

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Mediators have the best of intentions.  We want good things for our clients.  But "how do we get them too . . . ?" is not the right question.  Read the latest blog entry here.

Whatever the stress and anxiety created by completing forms, filing and serving documents, and communicating with a lawyer on the other side, it is appearing in court – whether at a preliminary hearing, a case conference or a full trial – that is the most intensely anticipated and intimidating aspect of the SRL experience.

Even the most self-confident SRLs experience anxiety about speaking for themselves in front of a judge.  Even those who feel that they are…

Last week, after listening to a shaman client tell me about the deep pain of her life, she said, “Your friends must be so lucky to have someone like you to listen to them.” Actually, I wish it worked out that way. Having a friend that listens for a living doesn’t always equate to having a lot of left over energy for listening to friends. My poor friends, I love you! When…

The colour red is a symbol for many different things, such as blood, a signal to stop, heat, and a warning. In the conflict context we sometimes use the expression seeing red to describe our reaction to something another person did or said that offends us. This phrase reportedly “derives from the sport of bull-fighting and the toreador’s use of a red cape to deceive the bull”. The explanation goes though…

We negotiate every single day over important and routine requests. Spouses negotiate over household and financial duties, co-workers negotiate time off, job tasks, promotions and salaries. When a perceived disagreement or dispute erupts, know how to negotiate effectively…

Musician Daryl Davis is, by his own admission, obsessed with understanding extreme racism: how can he be hated for the colour of his skin by someone who doesn't know him.

In the Love +…