Mediation Marketing Tips
A blog devoted to exploring the possibilities of conflict resolution through mediation. Entries focus on employment mediation, family and relationships and risk analysis in commercial mediation.
Author: Kristina R Haymes is an attorney with a mediation practice in Bloomfield, N.J.
Blawg Related Categories: Alternative Dispute Resolution • Careers • Law Practice Management • States • New Jersey • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Mediation Marketing Tips
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Sports psychology: Belichick’s humble pie
You’ll have to forgive the sports talk, I’ve been a bit distracted with the NFL football playoffs. I’m from San Diego and a die hard Chargers fan and I’ve been having some good natured banter…
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Simplify Your Life: resolve conflict
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” Hans Hofmann (abstract expressionist) Unresolved conflict is definitely a life or business complication. It drains energy and resources. Employee conflict…
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Sources of Conflict at Work: Part I
I have been planning a series of posts for the new year on the sources of conflict. This post is the first. Too often, conflict is driven not by the current issue (or what psychologists…
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How family businesses can create wealth for generations to come
Many successful family businesses were founded by driven, entrepreneurial individuals. Yet, too often wealth from one generation (or a successful family business) gets squandered by the next. A new book called, Get Rich, Stay Rich,…
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Perspective — it is so easy to lose
Perspective – Dictionary.com defines perspective: 5. the state of one’s ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship: You have to live here a few years to see local conditions in…
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The Tricky Business of Resolving Sexual Harrassment Claims
*Julie* was hesitant to tell anyone about what was going on at work. She was mortified by the entire situation. The Vice President of Sales, *Mike*, in another department would go out of his way to locate…
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Know Your Triggers
When I set up the mediation sessions with parties I usually ask them to provide me with relevant background information. One question I ask is what their “hot buttons” or triggers are. We all have triggers…
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What is your plan B?
I’m reading the new book by William Ury, The Power of the Positive NO (how to say NO and still get to Yes). Before going into a negotiation, Ury reminds us to have a “plan…
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Divorce Mediation — Can it save your marriage?
I’m sure you’re familiar with the statistics: they say 50% of first marriages end in divorce. If you think it gets better the second time around, guess again: 60% of second marriages end in divorce.…
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Is your Family Business Dysfunctional?
One of the areas of mediation and conflict management that I focus on is family business disputes. Family business disputes are particularly appropriate for a mediation or a conflict management intervention because the mix of…