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The advantage of mediation is that if opposing sides are unable to reach an agreement, the negotiation process continues and remains in the control of the parties. The mediator, a neutral third party, intervenes, offering help and support to the efforts to reach an agreement. Peter’s mediation experience ranges from one-on-one interpersonal workplace disagreements to multi-party, multi-lateral, national disputes.

Often parties have their own processes for dealing with problems and differences in the workplace. Parties move forward best once a consensus is reached. Facilitation is a group process where communication and decision-making is achieved as part of a consensus building effort. Peter believes that facilitation is less intrusive or controlling, but nevertheless, a subset of mediation. Admittedly less powerful, facilitation is often a good way to lead to a resolution.

When no source of reliable information is on hand or the only information available is aligned primarily in a biased manner, a neutral third party is sometimes needed to gather and render a transcription of the facts. Peter has lengthy experience as a fact-finder, trained to conduct detailed, unbiased examinations and collect information, data or evidence and compile comprehensive reports to help shed light on difficult circumstances, problems or complex issues.