Alison Paine
Alison has been working in the public sector for the past 20 years, starting in Communications, moving to Human Resources as a senior executive, and ending as a mediator and conflict resolution consultant. In this capacity she introduced interest-based conflict resolution skills and interventions to the public service workplace, establishing a Conflict Management Office where public servants can access alternative dispute resolution and conflict coaching.
During her public sector career, she facilitated many conflict resolution dialogues and coached executives and employees through workplace conflict situations. Alison is a trained Lumina Learning practitioner, and use this excellent psychometric tool to help people improve their communication with others allowing them to work through conflict more freely and to function more effectively with their teams. She teaches courses designed to help people in the workplace communicate better and she was a mediator in the small claims court system in B.C.
Alison began her career as a broadcast journalist with CBC Radio and TV. Always interested in seeking the story beneath the surface, she started as a news reporter and on air interviewer. In news conflict is paramount but she found after some years that the conflict people were experiencing often stemmed from misunderstanding and miscommunication. She noticed that there were often some common interests between the combatants, and she became more interested in assisting people to find those common interests and resolve their conflict rather than reporting on it.
Alison has a certificate in Mediation through the Justice Institute of BC, and she is on the Mediator Roster for British Columbia. She has a Masters Degree in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario and an undergraduate degree from the University of Victoria. In 2005, Alison received the Woman of Distinction Award for Leadership from the YM/YWCA.
Alison Paine
Mediator and Conflict Resolution Consultant
Victoria, BC
(250) 361-3780
info@alisonpaine.com
During her public sector career, she facilitated many conflict resolution dialogues and coached executives and employees through workplace conflict situations. Alison is a trained Lumina Learning practitioner, and use this excellent psychometric tool to help people improve their communication with others allowing them to work through conflict more freely and to function more effectively with their teams. She teaches courses designed to help people in the workplace communicate better and she was a mediator in the small claims court system in B.C.
Alison began her career as a broadcast journalist with CBC Radio and TV. Always interested in seeking the story beneath the surface, she started as a news reporter and on air interviewer. In news conflict is paramount but she found after some years that the conflict people were experiencing often stemmed from misunderstanding and miscommunication. She noticed that there were often some common interests between the combatants, and she became more interested in assisting people to find those common interests and resolve their conflict rather than reporting on it.
Alison has a certificate in Mediation through the Justice Institute of BC, and she is on the Mediator Roster for British Columbia. She has a Masters Degree in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario and an undergraduate degree from the University of Victoria. In 2005, Alison received the Woman of Distinction Award for Leadership from the YM/YWCA.
Alison Paine
Mediator and Conflict Resolution Consultant
Victoria, BC
(250) 361-3780
info@alisonpaine.com
