2 tips on how to prepare well for a workplace mediation

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Workplace mediation is a great strategy if participants are well prepared.Mediators should encourage participants to consider the following tips before the session.

For most employees, conflict isn't pleasant. Some are confident to manage it well, some will avoid it and others don’t know how to react and respond well. By the time employees are at a workplace mediation, not only has a lot of time passed since the original conflict but a lot is riding on achieving a workable outcome – for them, their work colleagues and the HR team.

The mediator needs to be prepared before the mediation and so too do the participants. An important element to a successful outcome for a workplace mediation is for the participants to know what they would be happy to walk away from the mediation with. And this comes in two questions: