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The Essential Guide to Workplace Mediation & Conflict Resolution
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The Essential Guide to Workplace Mediation & Conflict Resolution

Rebuilding Working Relationships

Kogan Page, 2008 plus...


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Applicable

Recommendation

When a dispute disrupts the workplace, managers need to act fast before performance declines, morale wanes and everyone in the company suffers. Mediation consultant Nora Doherty and business trainer Marcelas Guyler have written a helpful textbook on various ways to resolve workplace conflicts. Using several academic studies and practical examples, the authors present a range of mediation models and tactics for effective dispute resolution. They cite numerous disagreements involving people in a plethora of different cultures and jobs, from the assembly line to the boardroom. This is a dense, detailed book, so getAbstract recommends it to serious students of mediation and to human resources professionals who require in-depth solutions.

Take-Aways

  • Mediation is “a structured process wherein an impartial mediator facilitates communication between those in dispute” so they can understand each other better.
  • Mediation is a voluntary, confidential, low-cost alternative to going to court. A well-structured mediation process follows six steps:
  • First, an impartial mediator sets the ground rules for the process.

About the Authors

Nora Doherty is founder and director of Professional Mediation Resolutions. Marcelas Guyler is a workplace mediator and principal consultant at the Mediated Cultures and Resolutions Group.