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Intentional Excellence: Mastery of the Mediation Process

Thursday, May 17, 2012

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“Intentional Excellence: Mastery of the Mediation Process”

 

Teresa Wakeen, J.D.

 

Five Methods of Integrative Negotiations

 

1. Expanding the Pie: Increasing available resources

 

2. Nonspecific Compensation: One party gets what he/she wants; the other party is repaid with different compensation.

 

3. Logrolling: Each party concedes on low priority issues in exchange for concession on higher priority issues.

 

4. Costcutting: One party gets what he/she wants; the other party’s costs are reduced or eliminated.

 

5. Bridging: Neither party achieves their initial demand, but a new option is created that satisfies the most important interest underlying their demands

 

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Steven A. Stinson

Stinson Mediation, LLC


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