“Tad was organized and excellent in all aspects – upbeat, knowledgeable, dynamic, friendly and passionate. The presentation was great. I highly recommend him.”
“I loved Tad's ability to crystalize the essence of something into the most simple (and powerful) questions.”
- mentee and training participant
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Dispute Resolution Experience
Tad Mayer, MWI Mediator, Trainer and Staff, is an experienced mediator, facilitator and trainer. He is the Director of Commercial and Corporate Programs at MWI. As a trainer, Tad is a member of the Coca-Cola (CCE) Solutions training team, is a mediation and negotiation trainer for MWI and has provided coaching at Boston College Law School and WilmerHale, as well as serving as a Mentor to new mediators in MWI’s Mentor Program. As a mediator, Tad mediates a variety of cases including employment, business, residential and organizational disputes. He is a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Mediation Panel. As a facilitator, Tad facilitates strategic planning meetings, multi-party disputes, and oversees a variety of facilitation projects involving housing sites, Boards and upper management. As an administrator of Commercial & Corporate Programs, Tad works with the Commercial & Corporate Programs Coordinator to convene and manage mediations for General Motors, 7-Eleven and BMW among other clients. Tad has applied his over 15 years of experience in marketing and business strategy to his responsibilities. Prior to working at MWI, he was a marketing consultant, after working for Sheraton Hotels, Northwest Airlines and DDB Worldwide. Tad has an MBA from Tuck at Dartmouth College, a BS in Communication from Northwestern University, and completed courses in Negotiation, Dispute Resolution, and Mediation at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Tad is a member of the New England Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution (NE-ACR) and was co-chair of NE-ACR's 2005 Regional ADR Conference.
Representative Industries
- Automotive
- Education
- Family Business
- Food & Beverage
- Franchise
- Health & Beauty
- Healthcare
- Housing
- Industrial Products
- International Affairs
- Legal/Law
- Non-Profit
- Property Management
Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities
- Member of the Coca-Cola (CCE) Solutions training team
- MWI Staff Trainer for mediation, negotiation, conflict resolution and mentor program
- Member of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) External Mediation Panel
- MWI Staff Mediator and Facilitator for employment, commercial, business, residential and organizational disputes
- Member of MWI District Court Mediation Panel
- Co-Author, What is Conflict Costing Your Company? The Value of a Comprehensive Employment Dispute Resolution System for Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA) (2006)
- Various articles about the Benefits of Mediation for the Massachusetts Housing Finance Authority (2005 – 2010)
- Association for Conflict Resolution, New England Chapter (NE-ACR) (Member; Annual Conference Co-Chair 2005, Annual Conference Committee 2004)
Lectures and ADR Trainings Conducted
- General Motors, “Mediation Panel Basic Training VOD” (2010)
- Coca-Cola, “Solutions Program Internal Mediation Training Program” (2006)
- Coca-Cola, “Solutions Effective Communication Workshop” (2006)
- Fletcher School of International Affairs, “Basic Mediation Training” (2006 – 2011)
- Tufts University, “Panel Discussion on ADR” (2009)
- Boston College Law School, “Mediation Role Play” (2005 – 2006)
- UMass Law Dartmouth, “Basic Mediation Training” (2008 – 2010)
- WilmerHale, “Teen Empowerment Basic Mediation Training” (2005 – 2006)
- MWI, “Mentor Program” (2005 – 2006)
- MWI, “Refresher Mediation Training” (2008)
- MWI, “Basic Mediation Training” (2005 – 2011)
- MWI Mediator Roundtable, "Negotiation Concepts in Mediation" (2006)
- MWI Mediator Roundtable, "Dealing with Difficult Parties" (2008, 2009)
- MWI Mediator Roundtable, "A Look at Corporate Dispute Resolution Systems" (2010)
- Massachusetts Housing Finance Authority, “Dispute Resolution Workshop” (2006 – 2011)
- Massachusetts Housing Finance Authority, “Dealing with Difficult People” (2008 – 2011)
- Beacon Communities, “Dealing with Difficult People” (2008)
- SHP Management Annual Conference, “Dispute Resolution Workshop” (2011)
- New England Affordable Housing Authority (NEAHMA) Annual Conference, “Dispute Resolution Workshop” (2010)
- Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials (MassNAHRO) Annual Conference, “Dealing with Difficult People” (2010)
- Massachusetts Housing Finance Authority Annual Conference, “Resident Conflict Panel Discussion” (2007)
- Fall River Housing Authority, “Dispute Resolution Workshop” (2006)
- Elder Services of Worcester, “Dispute Resolution in Congregate Housing” (2006)
- Newton Community Education, “Mediation as a Career” (2005 – 2011)
- Boston Continuing Adult Education, “How to Become a Mediator” (2006 – 2007)
- Newton Community Education, “Successful Negotiating” (2006)
- Lexington Community Education, “Negotiation Workshop” (2006)
Background and Education
- Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, M.B.A.
- Northwestern University, B.S. in Communication Studies
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