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Why Not Knowing Might Just Be the Key to Success with AAA VP, Harold Coleman, Jr. on The Make Money Mediating Podcast with Susan Guthrie #404


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In this episode Susan speaks with one of the leading dispute resolution practitioners and educators in the country, Harold Coleman, Jr., Vice President of the American Arbitration Association as they delve into the importance and value of training and continuing education in your journey to success.

"The key to learning is not knowing the answer" 

As Special Guest, Harold Coleman, Jr. points out in this episode, the ever-curious mind, the mind that is always open and enquiring, is the is the mind of a master practitioner.  The fact is, when we think we have the answers and that we know it all, we stop learning and growing.  We stagnate and become less effective.  That curious mind is the key to success in learning, the key to success in dispute resolution and the key to success in our relationship to others and to ourselves.  

In this podcast episode Susan and Harold the great value of being a life-long student, an ardent and passionate learner and the training junkie.  This episode will inspire you to continue that curious journey of not knowing and along the way, you just might find success!

 

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More About This Week's Special Guest:  Howard Coleman, Jr.

Harold Coleman, Jr., is an award-winning dispute resolution practitioner, educator, and peace-building champion. He is an attorney, arbitrator, mediator, conciliator, facilitator, teacher, trainer, speaker, writer and conflict coach.

Harold is senior vice president for mediation at the American Arbitration Association (AAA)… the global dispute resolution leader, and mediator/executive director for AAA Mediation.org…an AAA technology innovation that trains and develops mediators, assists them with promoting their practices, and connects them with a diverse community of ADR practitioners, users and thought leaders worldwide. He also trains new AAA arbitrators and aspiring/practicing mediators in basic/advanced arbitration case management techniques and basic/advanced mediation skills.

A former multi-disciplinary project manager and complex litigation attorney, Harold’s mediated and arbitrated multiplied hundreds of litigated and non-litigated disputes over a 30+ year legal and ADR career. His formal education encompasses studies in civil engineering, business, real estate and law, leading to the academic degrees of Bachelor of Science and Juris Doctor. He is a former member of the AAA’s international board of directors, a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA), and a director for the International Mediation Institute (IMI). He is program co-chair for the American Bar Association’s Advanced Mediation & Advocacy Skills Training Institute.

Find out more about AAAMediation.org

 

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Mentioned in this episode:

 

The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution's Advanced Mediation & Advocacy Skills Institute:

December 1-3, 2022 - Entirely Virtual

Registration:  https://web.cvent.com/event/80192746-aea7-4135-bb89-cdc50e3a3f8e/summary

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    Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie

    Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.

    In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.

    As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.

    Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.

    Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.

     

     

     

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