A practicing mediator and retired judge explains why mediation may be a better option than litigation for high-conflict cases. Many people wrongly assume that the only way to resolve a high-conflict ...

Organizations are facing turbulent times ahead. Not only are the U.K., U.S., and many other economies in recession, but there is no end in sight for the Covid-19 pandemic. As the continued uncertainty ...

Navigating interpersonal conflict and communication breakdowns at work can be difficult—especially when you're trying to manage it alone. But you don’t have to. When employees come together with a ...

The Mediation, Conflict Resolution, and Restorative Practices (MCR) Initiative assumes that conflict is an inevitable part of any organization, and that the existence of conflict is not problematic.

Your roommate’s been eating your food. Your boss has been ignoring your emails. Your neighbor’s music shakes your walls at 2 a.m. You’ve tried talking, but it spirals into the same script every time: ...

The world is filled with conflict every day. It can happen at work, at home or at school, among many other places. Conflict can start small and escalate or erupt seemingly out of nowhere. It can cause ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anna Shields, organizational conflict and workplace mediation expert. Conflict resolution has been on the organizational agenda ...

For every fierce clash, there will be those behind the scenes striving to resolve it through diplomatic means. One such mediator, from Berlin’s Berghof Foundation, tells us the key steps to resolution ...

Following years of revisions and summer implementation of the new Student Code of Conduct, conflict resolution will potentially give a greater voice to students in the Campus Mediation Program. Now ...

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at a signing ceremony during the Peace Summit following the Gaza ceasefire, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 13 2025 (Sipa photo by Eliot Blondet via AP ...

Sudan could be in the midst of the worst crisis in its history. The conflict has already taken a staggering humanitarian toll, and the country risks state failure. In the past, the various wars in the ...