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  • Planning & Fund Development
  • Interim Services
  • Training
    • Conflict Consultant's Handbook
  • Facilitation Services
  • About Us
    • Testimonials
  • Contact Us

 Facilitation Services, Conflict Managment & Mediation

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Through research, teaching and extensive facilitation experience, Karmit Bulman is skilled at facilitating critical meetings and dialogues. The facilitation process begins with a thorough assessment of the key issues to ensure all parties are able to  address core concerns and universal needs.  Next, Turnaround Solutions works on building consensus by first establishing trust to help participants feel a sense of ownership and hopefulness in what otherwise might appear to be a hopeless situation. Through open-ended questions and reframing, we help parties examine issues of : 
  • Respect
  • Appreciation
  • Affiliation
  • Trust
  • Autonomy
  • Status
  • Role
Our facilitation methods welcome divergence in opinions and approach because we believe diversity of ideas is what makes the consensus building process so rich. Ms. Bulman's work in the public sector has taught her the importance of conducting a thorough assessment of the issues from the diverse points of view of all stakeholders, prior to facilitating a group process. It is important that conflict consulting and mediation is accessible and inclusive of all participants to maximize the effectiveness of the group process. 

​Ms. Bulman has  facilitated meetings for local housing associations, neighborhood groups, human rights groups, legislative task forces and non-profit organizations. She co-created and teaches  an extensive survey course on collaborative facilitation processes and  delivers trainings on facilitating with heart. In 2014, Ms. Bulman increased her use of Open Space Technology (
openspaceworld.org) and finds it is a powerful process for collaborative problem solving.

“Open Space works best when the work to be done is complex, the people and ideas involved are diverse, the passion for resolution (and potential for conflict) are high, and the time to get it done was yesterday. It's been called passion bounded by responsibility, the energy of a good coffee break, intentional self-organization, spirit at work,chaos and creativity, evolution in organization, and a simple, powerful way to get people and organizations moving--when and where it's needed most.”

Conflict Management

Both individuals and organizations can benefit from the services of an outside consultant trained in assessing conflict and designing a plan for addressing it. Turnaround Solutions uses a specially designed conflict assessment tool to help organizations make a plan to resolve conflict and move towards organizational health.  We will work with organizational leadership to design strategies to change organizational  culture to one of conflict competency.

Mediation Services

Find common ground and achieve lasting resolution.
Through a series of mediation tools and strategies, Karmit Bulman  helps parties examine critical issues such as trust, respect, appreciation,  autonomy, status, and identity. Our focus in mediation is placed on relationship repair and understanding underlying interests of each mediation participant. Facilitative  mediation empowers participants to find common ground and achieve lasting resolution to complex conflicts, while at the same time allowing for restoration of positive relationships. 

Karmit Bulman has mediated hundreds of cases and has taught basic and advanced mediation skills 4-5 times each year for over 6 years. She helps people to truly listen to one another and to gain clarity about the core concerns, needs and values of each mediation participant. She has mediated cases in student-student, family, employment, civil rights, police-citizen, special education, housing, harassment, child protection, conciliation court, restorative justice, neighbor-neighbor, and business.

Telephone

612-360-1393

Email

Karmit@theturnaroundsolutions.com
Turnaround Solutions is a consulting firm helping organizations and individuals seeking transformational growth.