My view, as I close in on 3,000 mediations conducted, is that nothing is more important to my work as a commercial mediator than the linked concepts of dignity and respect. Respect is what I do (or, sadly, sometimes don’t do) to others. Dignity is the sense of well-being that others have as a result of being treated with respect.
In previous posts I have described how, for me, mediation is all about parties making “good decisions, all things considered”. In my experience, it is unrealistic...
