Your page says that IAI practices a transformative model of mediation. How does IAIs mediation model look different from other forms of mediation in practice?
• Keep the parties together in the same room as much as possible and caucus from separate rooms as little as possible. This cuts time and costs to clients and ensures that the parties feel complete ownership of their agreements. • IAI Mediators never coerce, suggest or persuade the parties into any item on their agreement. If parties ask us for resources, such as where to obtain a service, etc. that they agree to obtain, we can provide those referrals. However, much mediation in the market today is actually arbitration disguised and mislabeled as mediationin which the mediators are telling the parties or their attorneys what they should do and should not do in agreements. We at IAI know that we do not go home with you to live with this agreement. Therefore, the choices should all be yours, not ourswe provide the structure for the process and you provide the content. This tactic actually creates less resistance from the parties and engenders more creativity to find solutions that work f
