My publisher has let me know that Making Mediation Your Day Job is selling well enough that they want to issue a second edition and market it more broadly. Yippee!
They’ll also put out a Kindle edition, something several of you have requested.
So today I’ve been working through the publisher’s proofs for the next edition and I found myself pausing here:
Many mediators work from the assumption and belief that the parties know best what will work for them and can sort out their dispute if we, the mediators, can help clear the debris out of their way. If you’re a mediator who works from this orientation, then you help people explore, uncover, consider, and reflect. You come to them as a guide instead of as an expert who knows what they should do and how they should do it. That’s the spirit with which I will work with you over the course of this book. Just as when I mediate, I will attempt to clear away debris, reframe the problems you’re trying to solve with your marketing, raise questions for your consideration, and help guide you in your own thinking.
I paused because I’ve heard from a lot of you that the book has helped clear out debris. And yet I know from others of you I work with as a business coach that there’s still stuff that gets in the way that isn’t addressed in the book. So, a quick question, if you wouldn’t mind taking 1 minute of your time. It’s anonymous, so I’ll get only your answer:
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