Experience in the area of dispute is important since the mediator assists with exploring options. Many local Better Business Bureaus offer mediation. Most have a couple of mediators on staff and use a network of independent mediators. Our court systems are overcrowded. Adversarial ways of resolving conflict take time, money and often damage or destroy important relationships.
Court systems establish blame - someone wins and someone loses.
Mediation offers an ethics-based alternative for conflict resolution. Conflict is normal. We can't avoid it. But resolving conflict need not be the gut-wrenching experience most of us have felt. Copyright 1993 Business Strategies.