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The mediator assists and guides the parties toward their own resolution. The mediator does not decide the outcome, but helps the parties understand and focus on the important issues needed to reach a resolution.
Generally, during the process, parties move to separate caucuses. The mediator will carry messages?offers, counter offers, questions, demands, and proposals?between both sides to help the parties move closer to resolution.
It may be easy to establish who is at fault, but you do not want to go into mediation saying things like, ?This is all your fault? or ?If not for you, I wouldn't have been injured.? Placing blame can raise the other party's guard, which could make them less likely to compromise.
Mediation is a process that can be conducted in three ways that vary in formality, goals, the mediator's techniques, and outcomes. Listed from more formal to less formal, the styles of mediation are: settlement conference, facilitative, and transformative.
A mediator will: Manage the negotiation process. Help clarify the facts and issues. Help the parties analyze what they need out of a resolution and help them generate options to resolve their dispute. Keep communication open and discussions on track.