While the parties may never truly trust each other, a mediator can gain their trust—both in the process and in the mediator—and pave the way for resolution. Trust is an essential element of the ...

You’ve likely seen headlines talking about the importance of meditation. But how does meditation and mindfulness help our journey as entrepreneurs, every step of the way? It helps to organize a ...

Mediators are as different as snowflakes. Maybe that’s a stretch, but each brings into mediation his or her own personal and professional biases and experiences and has learned what, over time, is ...

Imagine you represent a party in a contentious litigation. It has taken considerable time and effort to plan for today’s mediation. Nothing about the process of getting here has been easy, and you do ...

“We didn’t want that event to define who we are,” the Rev. David Bennett said of the tragic events of February 7, 2008, when Charles Lee “Cookie” Thornton opened fire in a Kirkwood City Council ...

Trust is an essential element of the mediation process. The whole point, of course, is to take two or more parties who have a dispute and help them reach an agreement. Because the process necessarily ...