Associates in Conflict Management
Mediating conflict resolution for organizations, families
and individuals
Mediation is a highly effective dispute resolution process
conducted with the help of a trained mediation team. As a
well-structured problem-solving and negotiation process, mediation
focuses on respectful and fair resolutions.
Benefits of Mediation
- Productive, cost-effective and time-efficient
- Solution oriented
- Supports people in focusing on resolving the issues and
problems instead of on blaming
- Allows parties to control decisions that affect their
lives and organizations
- Focuses on the future, not the past
- Teaches people negotiation, conflict management, and communication
skills that can be used in subsequent conflicts
- Reduces win/lose outcomes in which one party walks away
feeling defeated and vindictive
Where can mediation be used?
Business issues involving:
- contracts
- employee/employer disputes
- interpersonal disputes
- structural changes including company or departmental mergers,
policy development or policy changes, regulation implementation
or enforcement, organizational change, etc.
- partnerships
- customer or client disputes
- Real Estate transactions and disputes
Divorce
- property or debt division
- parental responsibility
- parenting time and visitation
Family
- wills and estates
- parent/teen issues
- adult children and older parent issues
Who can benefit from mediation
services?
- Individuals
- Companies – large and small
- Non-profit organizations
- Realtors
- CPAs
- Contractors
- Attorneys
- Medical professionals
- Others
What can I expect?
Most often, two to four sessions, depending upon the extent
of the issues. Sessions are conducted in a respectful, professional
setting. Parties arrive at a mutually agreed upon agenda and
issues are dealt with systematically. Relevant information
is gathered from both sides to help create clear and tangible
objectives. The ultimate goal of a mediation is a final, written
agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding.
What about attorneys?
You are welcome and encouraged to use an attorney to review
any agreements. Mediation is non-binding and parties voluntarily
enter into the process in good faith.
The state of Colorado Office of Dispute Resolution reports
that 80 percent of mediated cases are successfully resolved.
If mediation does not work for you, none of your legal rights
have been compromised. You are always free to leave mediation
and pursue litigation in the courts.
The Mediators
Nadine Thomsen, Psy.D.
Nadine is a psychologist who has been in private practice
for fifteen years helping people manage and resolve a wide
variety of conflicts. She has been certified in the conflict
negotiation program at the Center for Dispute Resolution in
Boulder, Colorado.
Bill Kneeland MBA, JD
Bill is an attorney who specializes in the following areas
of law: business, employment, divorce, wills, estates, real
estate, and alternative dispute resolution including mediation
and arbitration. He has practiced law in Colorado since 1986.
For more information, please contact Bill Kneeland by email,
or phone 970-493-6556.
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