Mediation is about facilitating people to find a way forward rather than who is right or wrong. By exploring what really matters, complex problems are broken down and compromise and, workable solutions are found.
Critical to finding this compromise is accepting that during a boardroom dispute (be this about whether or not the CEO is fit to run the business, succession planning or a commercial deal), emotion can overwhelm reason.
This is typically because people have become stuck in defending their position, instead of being open to finding a more creative way to work through the dispute and settle their concerns.
Disputes are rarely as simple as they appear so our CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) mediators take the time to work out the emotional drivers of what may appear to be irrational behaviour, using the following approach.
During this process, we find that many of the skills we use to carry out board evaluations come in very useful for helping senior directors to work through a dispute.
If you’d like to talk to one of our CEDR qualified mediators about how we might be able to help you, please email tellmemore@bvalco.com to let us know a good time for us to call you back or download our Board Services brochure..