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Maybe you need to change a business relationship because you want other opportunities or because you and your business associates have different objectives or methods that are causing conflict. You don’t want your customers and suppliers and creditors to know the business is changing until the business changes are completed. You can bring in a mediator who will confidentially help you to use the most sophisticated negotiation methods to transition into a more productive and profitable business structure In creatively looking at various ways to meet your needs and those of your partners and the business, you may even find new, and unexpected, ways to keep your business intact and change the roles you are playing. That is part of what mediation can do for you in a completely private, efficient way.

            You have just been terminated from your job, or not promoted, or disciplined and you are mad. Before you hire someone to go to court, why not try mediation? Many companies have in-house mediation programs you can access. If you are the employer, why not offer the mediation process to your disgruntled employees? You can save money and improve the workplace atmosphere by initiating a mediation option at a very early stage of employment and labor disputes. You can even identify a mediator in your community who can be called in on short notice for a few hours at a reasonable fee to work out an accommodation between your business and employees The United States Postal System has been doing just that for the last few years and has seen a remarkable improvement in their workplace environment.

            Mediation is an informal, confidential and practical process that you can use to resolve many types of disputes. In the mediation, the trained, neutral mediator will help you set a few simple ground rules, e.g. we will talk one at a time and really listen to each other, and will facilitate your negotiation.  Keeping everyone in a collaborative, problem-solving mode, your mediator will help everyone identify what their real needs and interests are, brainstorm some ways to meet those interests and then use scientific, powerful standards, technology and information gathering and data you both...

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