What do mediators and hostage negotiators have in common?

Category: Mediation skills – on the day

What do mediators and hostage negotiators have in common?

What do mediators and hostage negotiators have in common?

They are both using skills that seek to reduce the impact of negative emotions that have derailed someone’s ability to think rationally.   Both parties to a dispute usually have fairly strong views on the strength of their claim, both in terms of liability and quantum, and it may seem that the prospects of them […]