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Mediation Skills for the Workplace


 

This course is highly interactive and the majority of the time is spent�in specially designed role-plays reflecting a variety of workplace related conflicts.
 
June 8-12, 2009
Seattle, WA

Registration Fee: $800.00
Early bird: $750.00

This class will be limited to the first 30 registrants.

Dealing effectively with conflict in the workplace has become a critical function in public and private organizations. Employers and employees are increasingly turning towards mediation to avoid costly and time-consuming litigation. Mediation has successfully applied to many types of workplace disputes, including grievances, EEO complaints, superior / subordinate problems, and peer conflicts.

This workshop focuses on the mediation process and skills required to be successful. Facilitating difficult conversations, creative problem-solving, interpersonal negotiations and communication will be covered. The course will not include substantive or statutory issues.

Highly interactive, with specially designed role-plays reflecting a variety of workplace conflicts, Mediation Skills for the Workplace, prepares your organization for collaborative problem-solving.

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive an FMCS Certificate of Training.

Topics:

  • Understanding negotiations in the mediation 
  • Introduction to mediation fundamentals: protocols, caucuses and side-bars
  • Tools and techniques of mediation
  • Ethical considerations in workplace mediation
  • Defining different mediation styles: directive / evaluative, facilitative, transformative
 
Facility:
Gary Hattal, FMCS Commissioner, Seattle
Rick Oglesby, FMCS Commissioner, Seattle
 
For online course registration, please click here.

FMCS Institute for Conflict Management (202) 606-3627 or (206) 553-2773.






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