Video recording: Understanding and identifying the enemy’s tactics, resources, and movements is the key to winning a war. The same is true when diffusing conflict or moving people into agreement. Understanding the personality type and what motivates a person is the first step to successful outcomes. The more correctly you can identify the driving force behind a personality and what motivates them, the better you can anticipate the pitfalls and negative behavior patterns that are likely to emerge. This allows you to have strategies ahead of the issues and understand what that individual needs to stay on a positive track. Whether you are mediating a marital settlement agreement or crafting a parenting plan or acting as a parenting coordinator, developing a “sixth sense” for recognizing behavioral patterns is often the most valuable tool in your toolbox.

Video recording: In this workshop, participants will learn strategies to achieve the best chance of resolution including: pre-mediation preparation (submissions to mediator, preparing the client for reasonable expectations, understanding the process); during mediation techniques (speaking with attorneys without clients (with consent of parties), mediator proposals, benefit of adjournments in certain cases); and post mediation action (benefits of a cooling off period, follow up, identify areas where progress made).