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Introduction:
Understanding what changes should take place in
order for parties' needs to be satisfied can often be a complicated matter for mediators.
However, according to Silke Hansen of Community Relations Service,
using a little visioning and attempting to separate positions from interests can help
move parties towards more collaborative solutions.
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Visioning
Silke Hansen
Senior Conciliation Specialist, Community Relations Service
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Even understanding the difference between demand and interests. For anyone with
any mediation training, that sounds, "yes of course," but really understanding that piece and
internalizing that is so important. You set the agenda and issues. Not the
parties because the parties come with demands. They come with what they think
they need. But if they say they think that the police chief should be fired or
they want a superintendent fired because they are racist. How do you help the
party get from that point to recognizing what would be different with that
department if you had different leadership. The solution isn't necessarily
firing somebody are getting rid of somebody, rather finding how you want that
system to work. If it worked well, what would it look like for you. Those points
can actually be presented at the mediation table. If you only discuss whether or
not to fire somebody there won't be a lot of discussion. There won't be a lot of
give-and-take at the table. You either do or you don't.
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