The Mediation Company renders Mediation Services to any but not limited to the following types of disputes:
Family & Divorce Mediation - parenting plans, contact with children, maintenance, division of assets
Commercial & Workplace
Real Estate & Sectional Title
Debt
Community
The Mediation Company is a private company, bringing together strategic and technical skills in mediation and training. The Mediation Company services clients seeking to acquire knowledge and skills in constructive dispute resolution and provides mediation services to support clients in achieving this objective. The Mediation Company provides well-researched, up-to-date information and skills which are aimed at providing measurable outcomes to its clients including dramatically decreased litigation costs, improved productivity and a stronger working environment. This is achieved by providing well-trained mediators to organizations and through the training of companies, from directors, to managers and service staff, in order to support the paradigm on an institution level. Training by The Mediation Company is based on the latest knowledge and skills in constructive dispute resolution and provides mediation services to support clients in achieving this objective. Training by The Mediation Company is based on the latest knowledge and skills in mediation and is partly informed by our own mediation experience. New legislation recognizes the benefits of parties speaking directly to each other in a dispute, rather than having the dispute inadvertently taking on a life of its own through an adversarial process. Because parties communicate with each other, sometimes with the help of the mediator, the agreement reflects the par-ties’ real interests and needs, and the agreement has a greater chance of sustainability and commitment from the parties. The process is less formal than a court or disciplinary environment and allows underlying issues, which may be the real cause of the conflict, to be addressed. So, rather than moving from one dispute to an-other between the same parties, mediation offers an environment where root causes can be addressed and future disputes averted. The process of effective conflict resolution educates parties in effective communication in a conflict situation. This skill paves the way for strengthening of relationships into the future and contributes to a more resilient environment filled with hope for the resolution of future conflict. Early interventions in a conflict are entered into ‘without prejudice’ and do not preclude other forms of recourse open to the parties. The parties do not agree to anything with which they do not feel comfort-able and may still take certain issues further (to arbitration, for example). The cost of conflict can be measured in financial terms as well as non-financial terms. High costs are associated with legal processes but these are compounded by loss of productivity, staff turnover, low morale, bad communication and a host of other phenomena related to poor conflict resolution. More and more companies recognize that their fiduciary duties include a consideration of the cost of conflict, and include appropriate tools for dispute resolution in their company policy.
