Workshop Session C1: Walking the Tight Rope in Mediation: The Art of Balancing Evaluation Techniques

(CME: Mediator Ethics)

Presenter: Harold Coleman Jr,  Alexia Georgakopoulos,  Rebecca Storrow

A series of case simulations will help participants uncover the opportunities and pitfalls in supporting a party’s evaluation of their position. Strategic techniques should yield to the ethical, socio-psychological dimensions, and cultural frames of problem solving. We will challenge the rational-strategic approach to decision making that insists parties will always choose the “better” option or correctly assess risk and reward.