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What are benefits to mediation?
Mediation has many potential
benefits. It can:
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Save money. Mediation can often resolve disagreements
at less
cost and in less time than administrative hearings or
litigation.
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Get to the heart of the matter. Mediation can reach
issues that courts cannot address.
Miscommunication and
misperception, for example, often trigger disputes.
In
mediation, the parties can clear
the air.
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Strengthen relationships. Mediation can improve or
strengthen working relationships because the parties
together find solutions that fit their unique circumstances.
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Encourage productivity. Resolving disputes can build
morale and reduce or remove barriers to getting work
done well.
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Foster lasting agreements. Where the parties devise an
agreement that satisfies their interests, they are more
apt
to adhere to its terms.
Mediation provides a tool for resolving disputes that taps the creativity
of the parties involved to move policies, projects, or relationships
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