Common Ground
Negotiation Services

604 Grove Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 244-0714

 

 

Mediation and Facilitation Services

The Mediator's Role

  • Impartiality-showing no preference for any party

  • Neutrality-no preconceived notion about the outcome

  • Balance of Power- recognize and address power relationships

  • Reality Testing-explaining the model of mediation used and the norms or values being referenced, including:  legal, socio/political, familial, and/or personal

Parties must have

  • Capacity (Self-determination)-the ability to advocate and negotiate on one's own behalf

  • Authority-the right to make the decision in question

  • Good faith-the willingness to make proposals, and to uphold any agreements that are made

 

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