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NBMC Mediation Defined

The NBMC modality of principled negotiation facilitates and restores communication between the parties and tools to address unanticipate issues arising during a relationship. Our method is highly effective in bridging gaps over the lack of trust and honesty. The supportive environment provides a pronounced endeavor to resolving conflict.

Mediation Compared to Litigation

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When a party moves from the win/win option of mediation to the win/lose dynamic of litigation, the process shifts as indicated here:

  • low cost to high cost
  • quick resolution to delayed
  • parties have control to parties lose control
  • needs and interests are lost to facts, rights and responsibilities
  • a focus on the future requirements to a focus on the past acts and omissions
  • less emotion to emotionally draining
  • an informal process to a rigid formal process
  • confidential and private to being part of the public record
  • preservation of relationships to irreconcilable damage to the relationship
  • a narrow scope of issues and resolution to the board effect and residual repercussions
  • and from a win/win option to a definitive win/lose adjudication
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