an opportunity for change
Internal Conflict Resolution
Schemes
Establish an effective internal resolution scheme
to resolve workplace conflicts quickly, easily and cost effectively
investing in the future
The heavy cost of conflict
Unresolved workplace conflict is extremely harmful to organisations; it:
- wastes management time
- takes up HR time
- reduces employee productivity
- reduces morale
- impacts on mental health
- leads to stress, anxiety and sickness
- causes valued employees to leave
- leads to employment tribunal claims
- impacts on customer experience
- causes reputational damage
Many organisations pretend conflict doesn’t exist. Then, when they cannot ignore it any longer, rely on their grievance and disciplinary procedures to sort things out.
Why is this approach problematic?
Embracing a New Approach
There’s a huge gap between ignoring a conflict altogether, and sending in the grievance and disciplinary big-guns.
Wouldn’t it be great if your organisation could put in place something that would bridge that gap? A way forward which:
- is tailored to your organisation
- is collaborative
- is based on honest communication and mutual respect
- generates win-win solutions
- provides those solutions quickly, before the conflict causes significant damage
- empowers employees (rather than investigating and disciplining them)
- fosters positive working relationships going forward
- provides a huge return on investment by significantly reducing the costs of conflict
Bespoke Internal Conflict Resolution Scheme
We will work with you to put in place a tailored, effective conflict resolution scheme. The scheme will enable you to resolve workplace conflicts at an early stage, before they escalate and cause significant harm.
Why use Gooding & Crow to design
and help you launch your
workplace conflict resolution scheme?
1
We have over 30 years’ experience in the field of workplace and employment dispute resolution
2
Vanessa is a human resources professional with expertise in designing and implementing tailored conflict resolution policies
3
We are specialist accredited workplace mediators
4
Unlike most mediation providers, we are also trained conflict coaches. We take a broader approach to conflict resolution, incorporating conflict management and facilitation into our schemes to address early-stage conflict, as well as mediation
5
We are expert trainers, having designed and delivered skills-based training since 2005
6
We specialise in bespoke solutions: both your policy and the related training will be tailored specifically to your organisation
what to expect
What can you expect from us as your conflict resolution
scheme consultants?
Careful groundwork
We don’t supply “out-of-the-box” solutions. We ask the right questions, listen carefully, and provide conflict resolution schemes which are tailored to your organisation.
End-to-end process
We supply everything you need to get your conflict resolution scheme up and running, from building a business case to training internal mediators.
Ongoing support
We work with you to evaluate scheme’s effectiveness, assist you with any adjustments needed, and keep your mediators’ skills up-to-date.
Expert training
We are expert skills-based trainers. All our mediator training is experiential, relevant and enjoyable. We can tailor the case studies we use specifically for your business.
We ask the right questions, listen carefully, and provide bespoke conflict resolution schemes
what to expect
Design and implementation process: what is included?
- Briefing session(s) with you
- Support preparing a business case and engaging stakeholders
- A new conflict resolution policy which integrates with existing policies
- Advice on recruiting internal facilitators and mediators
- Tailored experiential training for internal facilitators and mediators
- Our support to raise awareness of the new scheme internally
- Our support to evaluate performance of the scheme after implementation
- Ongoing annual CPD to keep mediators’ skills sharp.
What is the total investment needed to
design and implement
an internal conflict resolution scheme?
The schemes we provide are tailored to our client organisations. Our fees for design and implementation therefore vary, but are usually in the range of £7,000 to £10,000 (including training and follow-up).
We can provide a detailed quotation on request.
who you'll be working with
Introducing our dispute resolution scheme architects
Emma Gooding and Vanessa Crow are specialists in the field of workplace dispute resolution.
Emma and Vanessa provide consultancy services to organisations looking to establish internal mediation schemes, as well as training and mentoring internal mediators.
Emma has been delivering mediation skills training since 2006. Vanessa is an HR professional with many years’ experience of designing and implementing tailored policies and is also a skilled trainer.
Emma and Vanessa specialise in providing tailored, experiential, skills based mediation and conflict training. They have a lively, interactive approach and overwhelmingly excellent feedback from delegates.