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Five Things I Learnt This Year (And Should Have Known Already), Geoff Sharp
Five Things I Learnt This Year (And Should Have Known Already), Geoff Sharp
Geoff Sharp
Geoff Sharp reflects on 2008 and the lessons learnt as a jobbing mediator
I Know It's Not My Problem... But It Happened On My Watch, Geoff Sharp
I Know It's Not My Problem... But It Happened On My Watch, Geoff Sharp
Geoff Sharp
It is at some risk that I set out to promote my expertise in the area of what to do when mediation ends in disagreement.
Nevertheless, I dread those times when the smell of napalm hangs in the air as the parties depart the room with their final exchanges of the ‘see you in court’ variety ringing in my ears.
To assist my investigation of what we do as mediators when destination Yes eludes us, I polled a number of experienced commercial mediators. I am indebted to my friends from Bond University in Queensland, Australia and colleagues from the International …
In Praise Of Joint Sessions, Geoff Sharp
In Praise Of Joint Sessions, Geoff Sharp
Geoff Sharp
This paper deals with the increasing trend amongst mediators to do away with a joint session (where the parties meet face-to-face) at mediation in favour of meeting with the parties privately and adopting a shuttle mediation model.
This is an especially topical debate amongst mediators with some advocating that a purely private session or caucus model of mediation where the parties never meet saves time and is what the market now requires. This compares with other mediators resisting the demise of the joint session, saying it is at the heart of what mediators do and of what mediation is.
For …