Martin Burns provides top tips for commercial mediators
In my experience, lawyers and other professionals who become commercial mediators are driven by three things. They want to add a new product to their service offering, they yearn for the challenge of doing something new and intellectually challenging, and they want to get paid for doing mediations.
I was recently talking to a Chartered Surveyor who had just achieved “accredited” status as a mediator with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR). He got in touch with me to chat about how he might develop his experience, and maybe earn a few pounds. Here’s what I told him.
Genuine commitment
Accreditation by a reputable training body is only the first step in the process. If you want to be recognised and used as a mediator, you must not only have the desire but you must also have a genuine commitment to get where you want to be, and put the hours in.
An aspiring mediator needs to get ahead of the competition. Do more training on mediation techniques and communications skills. Getting accredited
