The Acas Podcast

Introducing mediation in the workplace

The Acas Podcast

Show Notes

In this episode of the Acas Advice & Guidance podcast we talk to Angela Wright, Organisational Lead at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation about introducing mediation into the workplace.

Our conversation covers the benefits and challenges of introducing mediation and will be of interest to anyone involved with conflict resolution in the workplace or people managers.

For more information on how Acas can support you with workplace mediation please visit our mediation page on the Acas website.

Further reading: Acas blog - Making the case for mediation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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