Subsidiary Meeting Dynamics Questions

• How did you decide who would be at the negotiation table?
• Did representation questions ever become a problem? How did you decide who would be allowed to speak for a group?
• How did you decide when to meet separately with the parties and when to bring them together?
• Were there cases where you never brought the parties together or never met with them separately?
• Did the parties ever refuse to meet together? How did you handle it?
• Was timing of the discussions critical? Did you ever need to wait or hurry up in order to get people to come together?
• When you brought the parties together, how did you decide where to convene the meeting?
• Who set the agenda? Who defined the ground rules and meeting structure?
• How did you assist in opening communications between the parties, to get them talking and listening to one another?
• Who facilitated the discussions?
• Were there situations when a party came to the table but gave only lip service, or refused to negotiate in good faith?
• Were you able to increase trust levels between parties? How did you do this?
• Would the parties look to you for guidance in constructing solutions or would they come up with their own solutions?
• How would you respond when you were called upon to carry messages between the parties?