workplace mediation
Workplace Mediation/Circles
Scarlett has been a mediator and trainer since 2000, when she began work for Iowa Mediation Service. It is often the case that companies initially ignore conflicts, with the assumption that they will diminish and evaporate. This is sometimes the case. However, what often happens is that the conflict becomes more entrenched, leading to lack of communication, a negative vibe in the work environment, and loss of productivity.
Scarlett’s approach to conflict incorporates the understanding of how we create our psychological lives, and how much of our belief systems are based on ideas that do not allow us to live as freely and as connected to other people as we would like. She also shares the fact that conflict is unhealthy not only for our emotional states, but also to our bodies.
Having worked in several businesses where co-workers or leaders and staff have been in conflict—unhappy, and fearful, she has found that learning to listen deeply to themselves and others, the conflicts are transformed into understanding and appreciation. They see ways to extricate themselves from feeling like victims of their colleagues, and are able to see their part in the conflict. Upon gaining an awareness of how they live the Three Principles of Mind, Thought, and Consciousness, can assist in accessing insights and finding avenues to peace, creativity, and camaraderie.
