'Temporal Control' and Mediation
The authors in this article speak about 'temporal control' for leaders, but the use of time is also a vital tool in the skill set of a mediator.
As mediators we have a balancing act, in making sure our participants are comfortable and emphasising that this is their mediation, their time. We give them time to be heard.
And yet, we also use time as a boundary, a goal, to facilitate working towards identifying their common solutions and creating a new way of working, ideally formalised into the working agreement.
Leadership skills, such as 'temporal control' are applicable to mediators, particularly in exercising clear communication and boundaries when having difficult conversations.
Read more about 'temporal control' here.
