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Conflict Management E-Newsletter November 2000 #10 ------------------------------------------------------------------- A reminder that the instructions to unsubscribe are at the end of the newsletter. And that new subscriptions are always welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Articles Listening Circles By The Co-Intelligence Institute This form of dialogue is inspired by Native American councils. It is practiced with many names and variations - talking stick circle, wisdom circle, council process, and others. I call it listening circle because of its trademark quality of listening-- a deep listening to one's deepest self, to the group mind and to Spirit, as well as to each other. We can even listen deeply when we are talking: we can be aware of the words we are saying as we say them, of the way our bodies feel, of the stream of semi-formed thoughts and emotions out of which our words are coming, and of the receptive group space into which we are sending them. http://www.co-intelligence.org/P-listeningcircles.html Strategies For A Successful Employment Mediation By Sara Adler, Esq. In October 1998, President Clinton signed the Dispute Resolution Act of 1998 mandating all federal courts to develop an ADR program. For most, as for many state courts, this will principally be a mediation program. The second choice may be arbitration subject to a trial de novo and the third likely alternative is early neutral evaluation. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and some state and local anti- discrimination agencies have instituted mediation programs as part of their early resolution efforts. A very high, and growing, percentage of employment litigation is now resolved through mediation. http://www.lawmemo.com/emp/articles/strategies.htm Integrating The Internet Into Your Mediation Practice by James Melamed, J.D Many, if not most, mediators are already using the Internet to some extent for business promotion and in their practices; use email to communicate with clients and colleagues; send "attached" files with email; know how to highlight text in a file, to change fonts and colors. A large number of mediators now have websites where they describe and promote their services. And many of our clients are even more advanced. Use of the Internet in your practice will soon shift from being an appealing augmentation to being an absolute necessity. http://www.mediate.com/articles/melamed8.cfm -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. FMCS Establishes a Nationwide Roster of Credentialed Mediators The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) has launched an initiative to establish its internal Roster of Credentialed Mediators. FMCS believes there needs to be a consistent set of core competencies that mediators share, as well as other requirements necessary to better serve the public and our Agency's customers. These requirements include training and experience in a set of core competencies, continuing education, a commitment to ethical standards of practice and participation in a consumer complaint process. http://www.fmcs.gov/fmcsinst/credentialing/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Employer-Employee.com: Your Workplace Portal This Workplace Portal aims to provide both the employer and employee with everything they need in one location. In particular, it claims to have all the information you need on how to resolve problems with your employee(s) or boss. http://www.Employer-Employee.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Conflict Resolution Information Source (CRInfo) This new online service is designed to be a comprehensive gateway to conflict resolution information both on and off the web. http://www.crinfo.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. News from Southern Africa: Masire Pessimistic About DRC The man in charge of organizing all-party talks in the war-torn DRC has expressed increasing pessimism about his chances of success and has complained that the international community is not doing enough to support him. Former Botswana President Sir Ketumile Masire was appointed last December by the OAU to run the national talks on the future of the former Zaire as part of the 1999 Lusaka peace deal. Asked if he was losing hope, Sir Ketumile said: "Yes. I am not as optimistic now as I was then but still I have a degree of optimism. I don't think the time has come when we should throw in the towel. I think there are still possibilities that (people) can Persuade him (Kabila) to go back to the Lusaka agreement," Sir Ketumile said. Pretoria News, 10062000 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Quotes "Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them." Albert Einstein "The talk you hear...about adapting to change is not only stupid, it's...dangerous. The only way you can manage change is to create it. By the time you catch up to change, the competition is ahead of you." Peter Drucker "The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind." Harriet Rubin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Book Review Conflict Resolution Wisdom from Africa Written by Jannie Malan Reviewed by Ampie Muller Taking Africa as his source, Malan makes his objective clear: "In all settings there are cultural and contextual perspectives that must self-evidently be included. This is one, quite obvious reason for studying the cultural context of our closer and wider environment. A second and more pressing reason is that the insights that have developed and are still developing in Africa deserve to be studied for their own sake" This, then, is my dilemma: this is a very optimistic work, also politically very correct, that wants to take from Africa's past all that is beautiful and worthwhile and build a future on it. Yet it seems as if that Africa has disappeared into a global village that is selfish, egotistical, and full of greed, where cooperation has changed into serious contention for scarce resources and where many researchers believe that Africa's apparent inability to contend on an even footing may stem from just those qualities being lauded. http://www.mediate.com/articles/malan.cfm -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Feedback and Subscriptions welcome If you have any suggestions, tips, or other comments, send an e-mail to johnford@mediate.com. 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