An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Advanced Mediation Skills
Mediation as a Tool for Alternative Dispute Resolution
Course Introduction
This highly interactive Oxford Advanced Mediation Skills training Course explores advanced innovative skills and strategies for single and multiparty mediation. This Oxford training Course links the latest theoretical principles and international best practice in the field of mediation. Delegates will leave this training course with an understanding of advanced processes and techniques to enable them in their business environments.
This Oxford training Course will highlight:
- The importance of your own perceptions and cognitive biases when mediating conflict
- Your effectiveness in mediation by understanding key skills, tools and strategies and how to apply them in practice
- Methods for mediating complex and multiparty mediation
- The latest international best practices in mediation
- How conflict management coaching can be employed as part of the pre and post mediation processes
Objectives
At the end of this Advanced Mediation Skills training course, you will learn to:
- Understand the various advanced techniques available to mediate conflict
- Gain a deeper insight to practical conflict analysis tools
- Expand your range of advanced mediation skills, tools and strategies
- Effectively identify and analyze existing and potential conflicts in your organization
- Develop a range of highly effective conflict resolution tools and strategies that can be used complex multiparty meditations
Training Methodology
This is a highly interactive Oxford training Course, using a mix of formal audio and visual presentations, case studies, experiential role-play exercises, self-assessments and group discussions. This experiential training methodology allows delegates to significantly improve their conflict management skills and to have all their questions answered by the highly experienced practitioner who leads the training course.
Organisational Impact
- Increase internal organization capacity to deal with difficult conversations more cost effectively
- Increased knowledge and confidence to analyze and mediate conflict in a constructive and beneficial manner
- Improved ability to mediate difficult situations effectively both internally within the organization and externally with third parties
- Enhance the ability to mediate outcomes that meet or exceed organizational goals
- Improved management and leadership skills through an understanding of the value of practical and effective advanced mediation techniques
- Better understanding of what constitutes good mediation outcomes through the meeting of core organizational interests
Personal Impact
By the end of this Advanced Mediation Skills training Course, delegates will:
- Have significantly enhanced their advanced mediation skills
- Develop a deeper awareness of their role in the mediation process
- Have developed analytic and strategic mediation tools
- Have developed a range of mediation strategies for complex, multiparty scenarios
- Gained a greater understanding of the importance of non-verbal communication and cross-cultural mediation practices
- Have enhanced vital leadership, management and personal skills that will impact on their performance across all aspects of their professional lives
Who Should Attend?
This Advanced Mediation Skills training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- All Professionals
- Managers and Team Leaders
- Workplace Mediators
- Anyone who wishes to enhance their conflict resolutions skill set and to become a more effective mediator
Course Outline
Day One
Approaches to Mediation & Managing Conflict
- The Importance of Perception and Cognitive Bias
- The Neuroscience of Conflict
- Stages and Causes of Conflict
- The Conflict Triangle
- Mediation and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Spectrum
- The Mediation Process and Principles
- Personal Conflict Style Assessment
- Practical Mediation Techniques
Day Two
Effective Mediation Skills and Techniques
- Conflict Analysis Tools
- Emotional Intelligence and Its Role in Mediation
- Building Trust, Rapport and Cooperation
- Non-verbal Communication
- Informal and Shuttle Mediation
- Selecting a Strategy to Guide Mediation
- Designing a Mediation Plan and Preparation Checklist
- Practical Mediation Exercise
Day Three
Productive Mediation Practice
- Co-Mediation Skills
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Creating Conditions for Dialogue
- Managing the Mediation Process
- Setting an Agenda and Defining Issues
- Managing Joint Meetings
- Generating and Assessing Options for Settlement
- Practical Mediation Exercise
Day Four
Team Multiparty Mediation & Conflict Coaching
- Strategies for Multiparty Mediation
- Dealing with Challenging Situations and Strong Emotions
- Strategies for Reaching Closure and Moving beyond Deadlock
- Achieving Formal Agreement or Settlement
- Practical Multiparty Mediation Exercise
- Conflict Management Coaching and its Benefits
- Conflict Coaching Skills
- Pre and Post Mediation Coaching
Day Five
Cross-Cultural Mediation
- Culture and its Importance to Mediators
- Variations in Cultural Values
- The Importance of ‘face’ in Mediation
- International Communication Patterns
- Advice for Cross Cultural Mediators
- Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
- Individual Action Plans
- Summary Session and Questions
Certificate
Oxford Management Centre Certificate will be provided to delegates who successfully completed the training course.
Accreditation
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Yes, Oxford Management Centre is accredited by the following professional bodies;
National Association of State Board of Accountancy (NASBA)
The Oxford Management Centre is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.
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Note: Discounts are not applicable with any other special offer that may be available.
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We request that all cancellations be made at least one week before the class start date. You may reschedule this class without any penalty. If not, a $250 fee will be charged for cancellations received less than one week before a class begins and for no-shows. Cancellation penalties and any fees incurred by Oxford Management Centre will be deducted from refunds.
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The classroom training fees include course presentation, relevant materials, physical & digital documentation, lunch and refreshments served during entire training. Accommodation and transportation are not included in the training course fees.
While, online training fees cover the course presentation and digital documentation and relevant materials.
The Oxford Management Centre Certificate of Completion with corresponding CPE credits shall be awarded to delegates who has successfully completed the training course.
Payment must be received before the training course commences. You can make payment by bank draft, cash, credit card or wire transfer.
Note: If the payment is not received, Oxford Management Centre has the right to refuse admission.
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- Registration Confirmation
- Invoice/Receipt (where appropriate)
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