Dates: February 10+11, 2026
Time: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (both days)
Location: 302-1200 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
Trainer: Paul Kruse
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About the Course
Mediation Skills for Leaders is a workshop specifically designed to provide people (particularly leaders) with the skills and processes to bring two parties in conflict together for a mediated conversation. The workshop builds on Coaching Others Through Conflict (Formerly titled: Coaching for Resolution), taking the participants to the next logical step, bringing the parties together for a face-to-face meeting.
Participants will grapple with the question of how to maintain the role of a fair, third party helper when you are a stakeholder in the matter; that is, when you have a relationship and history with the parties and/or a vested interest in the outcome.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Conflict Resolution + Coaching Others Through Conflict (Formerly titled: Coaching for Resolution).
Participants attending this workshop will:
- Explore how to maintain the role of a fair, third-party mediator when you are one of the stakeholders in the dispute and/or you have relationships with the parties involved;
- Consider some of the unique challenges of mediating with parties with whom you have personal history, to whom you may need to provide mentoring, ongoing feedback and/or performance management, and when you – as the leader - may also need to acknowledge your own contribution to the tensions between the parties;
- Learn the practical stages and steps involved in setting up an “insider” mediation as well as how to actually lead the face-to-face conversation between two conflicted parties;
- Learn how to coach both parties to consider and, ideally, accept their contribution to the conflict, and how to facilitate the acknowledgement of these to each other; and
- Examine their role and conflict management style in responding to conflict between others.
Ready to build your mediation skills?
*Course Cancellation Policy