PFI #6 The Art of Asking Questions in Collaborative Cases

We Collaborative professionals sometimes forget how powerful and effective it can be to ask the right question at the right time. Well-chosen questions can open people’s hearts and minds. In this interactive workshop, David Hoffman will offer a framework for thinking about what types of questions we should consider asking at different stages of the Collaborative process. We will also do several exercises that explore our goals in asking questions and the impact those questions have on the recipients. In a stop-action role play setting, we will also brainstorm the questions that each workshop participant would recommend in challenging moments in a Collaborative negotiation. The workshop will conclude with a discussion of how mediators can get in touch with their intuitions, in the moment, about what types of questions are needed.
There are no handouts for this presentation.