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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Sep. 29, 2007

Reimagining Workplace Mediation

Employment Column - By John Weiss - Breaking the conventional rules of negotiation, attendance and briefing in employment mediation cases can reap huge dividends.

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN

By John D. Weiss

      Sociologists tell us that we are comfortable with what's familiar and easily grasped but are challenged when forced to make a change. Everyone knows that we grow through change, but who among us wants to do that unless prodded?
      Both mediators and counsel who fail to try out new strategies or techniques may find that the effects alter the resolution...

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