PRACTICE BUILDING GROUP

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Woody started his mediation practice in 1979.  As he says: 

I lost weight due to my inability to produce sufficient revenue to buy groceries—and slept on a friend’s couch for many months. I got more calls for “Medication and Meditation” than I did for mediation and made more mistakes in practice building than I can recall. I am dedicated to make sure that others accelerate their profitability and career satisfaction.”

From this beginning, Woody has now been a mediator for over 40 years—his greatest passion is mentoring new peacemakers to find satisfaction in their work and generate sufficient income to lead financially secure lives.

This consultation group will develop its agenda from the career and practice needs of the group members. It is suitable for peacemakers with legal, financial, mental health, education, clergy, and other backgrounds. It will be open to mediators, collaborative professionals, coaches, unbundled lawyers, and trainers.  The group will be limited to 12 and everyone is committed to presenting their career struggles honestly and openly and helping each other find success.

The group will utilize Woody’s popular Mediation Career Guide (Wiley 2001) as well as other materials and guest speakers as resources to support Woody’s guidance and the insights raised by group members,

During Practice Group meetings , the following topics (and many many more) may be facilitated and enhanced by Woody ‘s experience and insights:

How being a full time mediator or collaborative professional can be profitable and provide financial security

Using Collaborative and Coaching Services to Help Mediation Participants

Kaizen: Use Continual Improvement to Have a Cutting Edge Practice

 Use a Peacemaker Self-Survey to Build Your mediator or collaborative professional  Signature

How to Get on the Audition List from Referral Sources—and then Get the Gig

 Commit to Unbundling Your Mediation and Collaborative Services to Harvest the Huge Underserved Population of Unrepresented Spouses

No Group Meeting

Use Client Informed Consent to Build Your Practice

How Being a True Interdisciplinary Team Member Can Bring You Business

Making Your 2022 Practice Strategic Plan

Develop Your Own Personal Board of Advisors to Help You Make Practice Decisions

Differentiate Your Approach and Services to Gain Market Share

Symptomatic Preventive Peacemaking Service

Give Away Intangible Benefits to Clients as a Practice Building Strategy