Problem
A. What is the value of conflict? What are the risks of poorly managed disputes?
B. What skills do you already possess that may be transferable to being a mediator?
C. How do you see yourself using mediation in your current and future personal and professional lives?
D. Which philosophy of mediation (facilitative, transformative, or evaluative) aligns with your natural approach to helping others?
E. How will this tendency toward one philosophy be beneficial to you as you employ a balanced mediation model?
F. How might it be detrimental in your efforts toward a balanced approach?
G. What assumptions does your root culture hold about the ideal way to resolve conflicts?
H. What challenges might you face when disputants do not share your assumptions?