7th - 12th Sep, 2026
SEO Hotel, Machakos
Ksh. 75,400.00 (Incl. VAT)
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
6 Day(s)
6 Point(s)
Alternative Dispute Resoultion
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07-09-2026
12-09-2026
8:00 AM
4:00 PM
6 Day(s)
SEO Hotel, Machakos
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75,400.00
Course Overview
The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programme is a comprehensive six-day training designed to equip HR professionals, managers, supervisors, union officials, and compliance officers with practical, structured skills for resolving workplace disputes. Participants learn how to assess conflict, select the appropriate ADR method, facilitate negotiations, conduct mediation sessions, guide conciliation processes, and understand arbitration procedures. The programme emphasizes real-world application through simulations, case studies, scripts, and guided practice. It ensures participants can confidently apply ADR techniques within organizational policies, legal frameworks, and ethical standards to achieve fair, timely, and constructive dispute resolution.
Course Objectives
By the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- Understand ADR principles and apply them in workplace settings.
- Conduct structured negotiation sessions.
- Facilitate mediation between conflicting parties.
- Use conciliation techniques to repair damaged relationships.
- Understand arbitration processes, documentation, and decision?making.
- Assess conflict dynamics and select the appropriate ADR method.
- Manage emotional, sensitive, or high?stakes conflict situations.
- Document ADR processes professionally and ethically.
- Apply ADR within HR, compliance, and organizational policy frameworks.
Target Groups
This training is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Managers,
- OD Practitioners,
- Internal Mediators.
- HR Professionals, HR Officers, and HR Managers
- Supervisors, Line Managers, and Team Leaders
- Union Officials and Employee Relations Practitioners
- Compliance Officers, Governance Experts, and OD Practitioners
- Workplace Champions and Internal Mediators
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Academy of Certified Human Resource Professionals
The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programme is a comprehensive six-day training designed to equip HR professionals, managers, supervisors, union officials, and compliance officers with practical, structured skills for resolving workplace disputes. Participants learn how to assess conflict, select the appropriate ADR method, facilitate negotiations, conduct mediation sessions, guide conciliation processes, and understand arbitration procedures. The programme emphasizes real-world application through simulations, case studies, scripts, and guided practice. It ensures participants can confidently apply ADR techniques within organizational policies, legal frameworks, and ethical standards to achieve fair, timely, and constructive dispute resolution.
By the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- Understand ADR principles and apply them in workplace settings.
- Conduct structured negotiation sessions.
- Facilitate mediation between conflicting parties.
- Use conciliation techniques to repair damaged relationships.
- Understand arbitration processes, documentation, and decision?making.
- Assess conflict dynamics and select the appropriate ADR method.
- Manage emotional, sensitive, or high?stakes conflict situations.
- Document ADR processes professionally and ethically.
- Apply ADR within HR, compliance, and organizational policy frameworks.
Day 1 — ADR Foundations & Workplace Conflict
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- ADR principles & purpose
- ADR vs formal disciplinary processes
- Types of workplace conflict
- Power dynamics & emotional triggers
- Conflict assessment tools
- Case clinic: real conflict scenarios
- Trainer demonstration: conflict mapping
Day 2 — Negotiation Skills & Practice
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- Interest-based vs positional negotiation
- BATNA & ZOPA
- Communication & bargaining strategies
- Managing difficult negotiators
- Practical negotiation exercises
- Simulation: employee–supervisor negotiation
- Debrief & feedback
Day 3 — Mediation Structure & Delivery
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- Mediation stages & structure
- Neutrality, confidentiality & ground rules
- Active listening, reframing & neutral questioning
- Mediation scripts & facilitation tools
- Handling emotional participants
- Simulation: full mediation session
- Documentation of mediation outcomes
Day 4 — Conciliation & Relationship Repair
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- Conciliation principles
- Advisory role of the conciliator
- Rebuilding trust after conflict
- Addressing long-standing disputes
- Handling sensitive or emotional cases
- Simulation: team relationship breakdown
- Trainer debrief: restoring workplace harmony
Day 5 — Arbitration & Compliance Alignment
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- Arbitration processes (binding & non-binding)
- Evidence, documentation & decision-making
- Legal & policy boundaries
- When ADR is not appropriate
- Escalation protocols
- Case review: arbitration scenarios
- Writing arbitration summaries
Day 6 — Integrated ADR Practice & Certification
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- Full ADR simulation (negotiation => mediation => conciliation => arbitration)
- Documentation & reporting
- Ethical considerations
- Participant presentations
- Trainer evaluation
- Certification & closing
This training is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Managers,
- OD Practitioners,
- Internal Mediators.
- HR Professionals, HR Officers, and HR Managers
- Supervisors, Line Managers, and Team Leaders
- Union Officials and Employee Relations Practitioners
- Compliance Officers, Governance Experts, and OD Practitioners
- Workplace Champions and Internal Mediators