What's Happening [06.26.12]

Cinnie Noble- Welcome to this month's virtual book club! Over the month, my co-facilitator Tammy Lenski and I will be posting questions about the book and topic of conflict management coaching and we invite you to post your own questions and comments too.

We are going to be considering two chapters each week beginning this week with the Introduction and Chapter One. However as a starting point, we want to know something about you and your interest in conflict management coaching. Please feel free to answer one or both of the following questions:

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The Magic of Mediation or How Theory is disconnected from Practice

Arnold Zeman- Recently, I mediated with a young couple where neither of the two had completed high school. As a transformative practitioner, I tried to ensure that I supported, rather than supplanted, their control of their conversation, both what they wished to say to each other and how they wished to say it. Many mediators who take the three-day basic transformative mediation training often wonder whether this approach can be helpful only to people who are articulate and have a post-secondary education.

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Online Mediation Simulations in Russian

Giuseppe Leone- Today mediator Marat Avdyev sent me this message:

We used problem oriented mediation method and narrative model mediation for the same family conflict. The last method was more appropriate.

We have about 150 cases for mediation in Russia, Kazakhstan. Ukrain (the republic of former USSR). So experiment in Virtual mediation is successful. Thanks to Giuseppe!

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CONFLICT JITTERS

Cinnie Noble- When we expect that an interaction is likely to be contentious, the chances are that many of us get the jitters. We worry about what the other person may say or do, how we will cope, whether things will get out of hand and other possible reactions. Often the reasons for these jitters do not have a basis in reality. However, previous experiences, others’ narratives about what has happened to them in like circumstances and a wide range of fears may preoccupy us and lead us to feel unsettled...

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