When reading through chapter three, collaborating caught my eye. I like this idea of collaborating and I wish more people in conflict would use this tool as an option. In mediation we tend to hope that towards the end of the mediation we would be able to use collaborating as an option. According to the book, “collaborating means using integrative behaviors and developing mutually satisfying agreements to solve the problem once and for all”. I recently mediated a small claims case in court and the parties were very close to reaching an agreement, but they had a really hard time collaborating. As the mediator it is our goal to help that see what they have in common and try to get them to collaborate a common goal, which for both of them was to not deal with these issues again. Thankfully we were able to collaborate and they were able to come to an agreement. It was a great feeling to have reached an agreement, even with the ups and downs with the mediation.
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