"If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends you talk to your enemies." Desmond Tutu
Conflict Dynamics has been the leading mediator skills training organisation in South Africa since 1996 when it designed the training materials for the first cohort of CCMA Commissioners. In 2007 it started training commercial mediators in collaboration with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) in the UK.
Conflict Dynamics also trains employment and workplace mediators. Contact us to discuss your needs for mediation skills training.
The Commercial Mediator Training offered by Conflict Dynamics will equip you to mediate conflicts and disputes in many different settings, including in the Magistrates Courts and the High Courts.
This Mediator Professional Development session has been designed for accredited mediators who wish to learn more about navigating ethical quagmires in mediation, which is a critical aspect of ensuring fairness and effectiveness of the process. Conflict Dynamics founder and veteran mediation expert, John Brand and Tony Allen, British mediation pioneer, who has handled over 500 mediations during his career, team up to present our next Mediator Professional Development session to address this issue. This workshop presents a good opportunity for practising mediators to collect continuing professional development credits.
You are invited to join us for the next Conflict Dynamics mediator meetings in Cape Town.
Chris Todd will be in conversation with Judge Dennis Davis, exploring mediation and related topics.
Workplace mediation is suitable at an early stage in a conflict between people who work together and where there is still potential for a future working relationship.
This three-day course is designed to equip you with the skills to mediate conflicts between employees in the workplace, and between employees and employers. It is well known that if conflicts between people in the workplace are managed close to the point of origin there is less chance that they will go on to manifest as grievances and disputes, which are often time-consuming and expensive. Mediation is a particularly effective process for managing such conflicts and disputes. There are extensive opportunities on the course to practice skills through role-play, with feedback from experienced mediator coaches. Participants on this course may choose to go on to attend the coaching and assessment days of the Commercial Mediation Skills Training course and be assessed for Conflict Dynamics mediator accreditation.
Lawyers are generally the 'gatekeepers' of civil and commercial mediation. Their clients rely on them for advice on the range of dispute resolution options available to them, so lawyers need to have the answers at their fingertips. As a lawyer learn how to advise your client about mediation and represent them effectively in the process, particularly when it comes to Rule 41A matters.