UK Mediation Conference 2024

Sheridan Worldwide sponsored the UK Mediation Conference 2024

UK Mediation Conference has the aim of encouraging collaboration between facilitators and end users of mediation in the workplace. The event is the a joint collaboration between ACAS, Iconic Media Solutions and Event Partners the TCM Group. Sheridan Worldwide was a key sponsor of the conference, holding a talk about engagement at workplace.

Getting engaged at work

You have bought into the principles of mediation in the workplace but are faced with employees brought up with traditional adversarial dispute resolution procedures and reluctant to try anything different. What can you say to persuade them to engage with the process? What leverage do you have, what assurances can you give, how far can you insist on their trying mediation as a first resort?

Caroline Sheridan

CEO & Mediator at Sheridan Worldwide

CEDR accredited in 2006, Caroline Sheridan, CEO, is a member of the CEDR Chambers and sits on the Civil Mediation Council’s Mediation Standards Board. Caroline chaired the CMC’s Workplace & Employment group for a number of years and is also a former CMC Board Director. She like many of her colleagues across the mediation landscape has been successful in driving increased awareness of the benefits of mediation in those roles. She is also an executive coach and supervisor to both coaches and mediator and sits on various boards. Besides, Caroline is a Court member for the Company of Human Resource Professionals, a charity focused on giving back to our profession.

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David Whincup

Partner and Employment Lawyer at Squire Patton Boggs

David’s 40 year experience as a specialist employment law practitioner covers a wide variety of employment-related issues. He is a well-known speaker on employment mattersmand is a regular contributor to employment publications. He is an accredited CEDR Mediator and a keen exponent of the role of mediation in the modern workplace, scoring significant successes for corporate and individual clients. He is a member of the workplace and employment sub-group of the Civil Mediation Council. David was recently named in the Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom and Who’s Who Legal publications and has been a fixture in both the Chambers and The Legal 500 directories for many years.