Interviews on the Art of Mediation

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The art of mediation comes in different styles and form in today’s society. With all the styles and formats, the foundation on helping others try to solve their disputes still hold true. In the early years of mediation, many of today’s well known mediators used their backgrounds as a foundation for their mediations, today’s mediators use their specialty skills to conduct mediations in some of the same ways in the early years of mediation. According to Moore, mediation is an intervention in a conflict accepting a third party to assist in reaching mutually acceptable settlements (2003). Beer, Packard, & Stief (2012) define mediation as a process for resolving disputes where an intermediary helps conflicting parties have a conversation to jointly have a conversation. During the early years of mediation, the mediation movement expanded and developed to significantly high levels (Moore, 2003). There were a number of leaders who broke new grounds in the field of mediation pushing mediation to what it is today. Leaders in the field of mediation were interviewed on their views, thoughts and practice concerning mediation along with the conflict management field. The analysis of Bill Hartgering, Joseph Stulberg, and Zena Zumeta interviews contents will be discussed.

Backgrounds

Zena Zumet’s started the within the field of mediation from her background role in labor negotiations. Her background helped propel the mediation movement in the early years of mediation. The background in labor negotiations translated smoothly into the field of mediation. Likewise the same is true for Joseph Stulburg’s background which helped him fall into mediation. Bill Hartgering’s background in law also played a role in how he conducts mediation (Benja...

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