{"id":7814,"date":"2020-12-20T12:37:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T11:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/?p=7814"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:35:46","slug":"clarification-and-mediation-part-2-clarification-as-a-mediation-style-in-conversation-with-tilman-metzger-inkovema-podcast-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/blog\/clarification-and-mediation-part-2-clarification-as-a-mediation-style-in-conversation-with-tilman-metzger-inkovema-podcast-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarification support and mediation. Part 2 &#8211; Clarification support as a mediation style. In conversation with Tilman Metzger (INKOVEMA podcast #21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container gradient-container-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\"><h4>INKOVEMA Podcast &#8222;Well through time&#8220;<\/h4><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:34;line-height:1.4;\"><h1>#21 &#8211; Clarification support and mediation.<\/h1><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:20;line-height:1.5;\"><h2>Part 2: Clarification support as a mediation style. In conversation with Tilman Metzger<\/h2>\n<h4><\/h4><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Well through time. The podcast about mediation, conflict coaching and organisational consulting.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><script class=\"podigee-podcast-player\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.podigee.com\/podcast-player\/javascripts\/podigee-podcast-player.js\" data-configuration=\"https:\/\/inkovema.podigee.io\/21-neue-episode\/embed?context=external\"><\/script><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>Tilman Metzger<\/strong>mediator from the very beginning in Germany and a proven expert on mediation assistance, will speak together with Dr Sascha Weigel on the localisation of the <strong>Clarification support in the context of mediation styles<\/strong>. This not only highlights the similarities with the mediation movement, which is primarily rooted in the USA, but also emphasises its specific characteristics and European roots. Finally, the <strong>Voluntariness debate<\/strong> within the mediation movement has illustrated the consequences in very practical terms.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/blog\/maps-of-mediation-2-of-3-alexanders-meta-model-of-mediation\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-icon-divider button-icon-divider-left\"><i class=\"fa-info-circle fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default fusion-button-text-left\">Maps of mediation (2): The meta-model of mediation according to Nadja Alexander<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2>Contents:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Similarities between clarification support and needs- and interest-orientated mediation (BIO mediation)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>verbalised conflict management procedure<\/li>\n<li>Third-party proceedings in which the third party has no decision-making authority<\/li>\n<li>Third party has process sovereignty<\/li>\n<li>Third party offers a <strong>Structured procedure<\/strong> (=requirement of the Mediation Act)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Differences between the clarification aid and BIO mediation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Instead of win-win<\/strong>-situation, the clarification assistance aims to <strong>Clarity<\/strong> on (<strong>Target idea<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>Instead of relying primarily on US-American concepts and guiding principles, which tend to be <strong>future-orientated<\/strong> the clarification assistance is rooted in <strong>continental European<\/strong>in particular <strong>German-speaking philosophical ideas<\/strong>who want to get to the bottom of things before turning to new things. This is how <strong>emphasising the past and causes<\/strong> Conflict management &#8211; always in the service of clarity &#8211; to literally help clarify the situation, which is then, strictly speaking, the end of the matter. Even if the parties to the conflict are endeavouring to reach a decision, clarification support is primarily aimed at clarity. This certainly brings clarification assistance into <strong>Difference to the Mediation Act<\/strong>that wants to see a conflict decision. However, this difference should not be overemphasised, as the conclusion of mediation assistance is always accompanied by the question: &#8222;&#8230;and because things are the way they are and cannot be changed so quickly, how do you want to deal with them now?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nobody goes to mediation wanting to change the past.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>But the understanding of why something went the way it did,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong> is needed to realign ourselves. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>Work setting<\/strong> There is a difference in the time structure: while classic mediation (BIO mediation) favours an hour-oriented and iterative approach, clarification support tends to operate on a daily and compact basis in order to enable the clarifying deep drilling.<\/li>\n<li>Clarification support brings the parties to the conflict into direct contact with each other from the outset and<strong> relates your communication contributions to each other<\/strong> (doubling, dialogue) instead of letting them first observe each other in a triangular communication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Clarification assistance and the principle of voluntariness<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Voluntariness in the context of organisations (freedom of employees to participate in mediation)<\/li>\n<li>Voluntariness as a requirement of the Mediation Act. A legal concept.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The principle of voluntariness is really overrated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/blog\/maps-of-mediation-3-of-3-based-on-the-basic-ideas-of-mediation\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-icon-divider button-icon-divider-left\"><i class=\"fa-info-circle fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default fusion-button-text-left\">Maps of mediation (3): Basic ideas of mediation and temporal dimensions<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h2>Left:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tilman Metzger's website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tilmanmetzger.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.tilmanmetzger.de\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,183,470,314,462,93,98,42,295],"tags":[468,150,472,473,367,471,181,398,16],"class_list":["post-7814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein","category-audio","category-diversity","category-inkovema-podcast","category-klaerungshilfe","category-konzepte-fuer-die-mediation","category-mediationsstile","category-podcast","category-zukunft","tag-bio-mediation","tag-freiwilligkeit","tag-gutschein","tag-klarheit","tag-klaerungshilfe","tag-meta-modell-der-mediation","tag-recht","tag-win-win-situation","tag-zukunft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}