Course Content

The Commercial Mediation Training Course is designed to:

  •   Equip managers, lawyers, government officers and business people with an   understanding of personal and professional mediation skills for everyday use.
  •   Provide training for people interested in mediating commercial disputes.
  •   Identify the stages of mediation and the role and skills of the mediator.
  •   Improve your conflict managment and communication skills.
  •   Understand how to represent clients in mediation.
  •   Enable you to practise and develop these skills by discussion and role plays.

Topics Include:

  •   communication skills;
  •   breaking impasses;
  •   effective mediation processes;
  •   identifying needs;
  •   dealing with difficult people;
  •   creative problem solving;
  •   the psychology of conflict;
  •   other dispute resolution processes;
  •   option generation;
  •   reaching agreement;
  •   testing solutions;
  •   mediator skills and ethics; and
  •   managing large groups.