Gomediate

This is something I brought away with me when Unite Mediation closed. I use it in my Dealing with Difficult People training. What have you done to bring a tricky situation to a successful conclusion? Defusing strategies Your own behaviour

Good training, bad training and training that’s, well, just plain ugly! I once attended a half-day workshop on Time Management and the instructor was fifteen minutes late. At first I thought it was part of the training, but no. I’m

Last week I completed a two-day Mental Health First Aid course with Redcar & Cleveland Mind. It was excellent. It was also free! It’s usually £300 (or £360 if the agency delivering it is VAT registered). But I digress. I

When I set up Gomediate in early 2017 my intention was to deliver mediation, restorative justice and training in both of these areas. I have pretty much achieved this and have managed to secure training work outside of the North

It is just over a year since Unite Ltd closed and I was made redundant. I set up Gomediate not knowing what the future held. I had never set up a business. It was the first time that I was

I’ve worked with a lot of families over the years.  When I am training family mediators I often tell them about a family I worked with during my time at Unite Ltd.  I was working with my colleague Jo.  I had met the family

It is exactly six months since I became jobless.  The charity (Unite Ltd) that I had worked for since 2005 closed and I and my colleagues were made redundant.  A few of us set up our own businesses; not surprising

I returned home Wednesday from Sunderland.  I had delivered training to staff at Together for Families, a great team of professionals who are helping children and parents (and other family members) on Wearside.  It was a three day training course