Mediation can help people in different ways. If you are in a dispute, then mediation can provide you with an effective, structured process to uncover a settlement with the other side.
If you are stuck in a conflict with someone else and negotiations keep degenerating into shouting matches, the mediation can provide a structure and a neutral person to help move you forward.
By using a mediator, you will have the opportunity to learn things about your dispute, your motivations and those of the other side, your conflict style and those of the other side, amongst other things. Mediation is designed to enable ‘learning conversations’ which help the parties to learn more about each other and themselves whilst resolving the dispute, which brought them to the table.
If you are involved in mediation, this is your opportunity to learn about yourself and about how to manage future disputes in a more productive manner.