Mediate.com has published an article that CRA Hawai’i member Giuseppe Leone wrote for sharing with fellow mediators 3 important lessons he learned after his retirement from mediation practice. Giuseppe learned those lessons accidentally, by reading some good books on mediation and human nature/behavior. Those books not only helped him understand better the parties’ and his own behavior in mediation. They also made him realize two other things. First, that during his mediation practice he had fallen into two traps – the “Lack of Curiosity Trap” and the “Complacency Trap”. And second, that for more than 20 years there had been a big, inexplicable “disconnect” – between how Giuseppe had been trying to help other people resolve their conflict, and how he had been trying to resolve conflict in my personal life, at home. You can find Giuseppe’s article on the Mediate.com website – https://cutt.ly/zXBoVDX After you read it, you can send Giuseppe your comments by email mediationskills@gmail.com
Author: Lisa Jacobs
Tara West is a conflict coach and certified transformative mediator with a background in law and psychology. She is the author of “The Mediator’s Approach: Five (and a Half) Paths through Conflict, and co-author with Dan Simon of a book titled “Self Determination in Mediation: The Art and Science of Mirrors and Lights”, which will be released next month. In a 7-min Zoom chat with CRA Hawaii member Giuseppe Leone, which took place on August 18, 2022, Tara West explained briefly why it would be useful for mediators and attorneys to be aware of the key differences among the 5 most well-known approaches to mediation: Evaluative, facilitative, transformative, narrative and understanding-based. To watch the video of that interview, go to Giuseppe’s blog – https://mymediationskills.blogspot.com