Navigating interpersonal conflict and communication breakdowns at work can be difficult—especially when you're trying to manage it alone. But you don’t have to. When employees come together with a ...

There are various forums where people can participate in conciliation efforts to reach a resolution. Generally speaking, most people try to avoid conflict, and parties are happier when they can ...

Failure to address unhealthy conflict allows the situation to fester, injuring morale and, more importantly, creating an environment in which conflict may dramatically escalate into major ...

For every fierce clash, there will be those behind the scenes striving to resolve it through diplomatic means. One such mediator, from Berlin’s Berghof Foundation, tells us the key steps to resolution ...

To learn the steps of a mediation process and see that it is just a more formalized way of doing the basic steps of problem-solving Put the word "conflict" on the board. Hand out paper and pencils.

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 ...

Your roommate’s been eating your food. Your boss has been ignoring your emails. Your neighbor’s music shakes your walls at 2 a.m. You’ve tried talking, but it spirals into the same script every time: ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

This report examines how artificial intelligence could reshape conflict mediation at a time when wars are becoming more frequent, longer lasting, and harder to resolve. Mediation teams face rising ...

Explore the evolution of African mediation over the past three decades, examining how modern conflicts necessitate a shift in ...

This is a guest post by my colleague Ekaterina Ricci, a mediator with a Master's in Dispute Resolution and a Master's in Legal Studies. Your roommate’s been eating your food. Your boss has been ...