When should you consider Cross-Cultural Mediation?
When agreements in international settings elude you, negotiations stall or the opposite party seems to be offensive or their position outrageous, consider that cultural differences or misunderstandings could be the cause. This is the case in international dealings more often than is realized.

Sometimes coincidences reveal startling misunderstandings of how differently things are seen and done in the other culture. When such misunderstandings are accidentally uncovered and the situation is saved, another chapter is added to the rich folklore that surrounds such incidences.

However, more often than not, the causes for negotiation failures are attributed to a clash of interests, incompatible personalities or even incompetence of the people involved - and the parties resign themselves to costly failure. In such a case you should consider cross-cultural mediation before you give up. The results are often astonishing and quite unexpected.

What should you do?
Best is to call us up and discuss your situation with us. Cross-Cultural Mediation requires special approaches to mediation and certainly extensive cross-cultural experience of the mediator. We offer a variety of approaches from short-term personal counseling to conducting cross-cultural workshops that stress practical experience over seminar-type learning.

What will be the results?
Cross-Cultural Mediation tends to be short-term with the goal of remedying current problems. Parties need to understand each other sufficiently in a cross-cultural sense to be able to conduct their business at hand. Even though a particular situation might be special, the partners inevitably will learn a great deal about the other culture. This will work to their benefit in future encounters. Some of the cultural differences and their effects are quite stunning.