Look, folks. Can I make this very simple for you. There are only two powers a mediator needs. One power is the power to convince (through trust) that everything revealed during the mediation process will be held strictly confidential, and *never* brought to light otherwise.
The other power a mediator needs is the power to suggest, convincingly, that the next step, and a next step much more traumatic, is to bring in *arbitrators* with *much* more powers, and that mediation is much better than arbitration.
It is just that simple.
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen (aka Cimon Avaro)