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The Harmony Strategies Group is comprised of professional and experienced mediators and dialogue facilitators who can guide through a process that is liberating, empowering, and opens up paths for lasting solutions.
Mediation is a platform for dispute resolution that is not litigious or involving a third-party to decide a “verdict” but instead encourages individuals to express themselves fully and then explore options for moving ahead. The mediation process encourages mutual understanding, perspective-shifting, and productive problem-solving. guide you through a process that is liberating, empowering, and creates meaningful understanding.
Facilitated Dialogue refers to processes that can include multiple individuals and consider varying perspectives to an issue or challenge. It is most recommended when a shift in dynamics is vital to get valuable work done and build trust.
By opening up healthy lines of communication and rebuilding broken relationships and loss of trust, Mediation and Facilitated Dialogue are key modalities for mitigating Human Capital Risk.
Mediation and Facilitated Dialogue help resolve disputes in a way that uplifts, minimizes aggression, and allows each individual to share and feel heard. After deep listening and critical analysis of the situation, the process enables parties to reach solutions that are workable and reasonable for all.
Mediation helps resolve disputes in a way that uplifts, minimizes aggression, and allows each individual to share and feel heard. After deep listening and critical analysis of the situation, the mediation process enables the parties to reach solutions that are workable and reasonable for all.
Mediation was a process that saved us time, money, and a whole lot of heartache. I’m so glad we worked with Harmony Strategies Group.
As seasoned dialogue facilitators and professional neutrals, the Harmony Strategies Group team is adept at engaging parties in a process that invites open, collaborative, and exploratory conversation. Regardless of the amount of tension, stress, or even aggression that individuals may have felt, our job is to help parties clarify their needs, look for opportunities for mutual understanding, and explore possible resolutions. We often ask questions that parties had not considered, reframe the stories that we hear in a new light, and assist with considering the best path forward. Most importantly, we ensure that all voices are heard and an array of perspectives are considered, leading to solutions that are embraced by all and thus highly likely to succeed.
After a facilitated dialogue, participants typically feel more trust, more dignity, and less antipathy or ill-will about the situation and other people involved. This allows individuals to feel positive and hopeful about the solutions discovered and creates a path towards improved morale, better communication, and team productivity, moving forward.
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Kimberly Jackson Davidson is currently the University Ombudsperson at George Mason University and member of the Harmony Strategies Group. She spent two decades at Oberlin College in Ohio, holding positions in the Office of the Dean of Students and as Visiting Lecturer in African American Studies. During her final five and a half years there, she served all campus constituencies as Ombudsperson and Director of the Yeworkwha Belachew Center for Dialogue (YBCD). Davidson is active within the International Ombuds Association (IOA), the California Caucus of College and University Ombuds (CCCUO), and the Ombuds Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR). She earned a B.A. in English Literature from Spelman College in 1986 and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in African Literature in 1991.
Hector Escalante is an experienced Ombuds and learning and development professional with over seven years of ombuds experience and over twenty years of experience developing and teaching course offerings which promote inclusion, healthy communication, and conflict resolution. He is the Director of the Ombuds Office at the University of California, Merced, having served many years as the organizational ombuds at the University of the Pacific. He is an ombuds partner with Harmony Strategies Group, and a consulting ombuds for Earthjustice and Union of Concerned Scientists. Hector holds two master’s degrees and a doctorate in education. He is a United States Marine Corps veteran, a husband and father to four children. Hector’s passions include treating all with fairness, equity, dignity, and compassion and good food.
Kira Nurieli is the CEO of the Harmony Strategies Group and is an expert mediator, conflict coach, trainer/facilitator, consultant, and restorative practices facilitator. She has spent upwards of twenty years helping clients handle conflict and improve communication strategies and has presented at numerous conferences and symposia as a subject matter expert. She holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree in Comparative Performance from Barnard College. She especially enjoys helping individuals, teams, and lay-leaders become more impactful and empowered in their work and is honored to work alongside her esteemed colleagues with the Harmony Strategies Group.
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