Court Leader's Advantage

Court Leader’s Advantage Podcast Episode ReleaseDate: January 20th, 2026Workplace mediation is rapidly becoming an accepted management tool across the U.S. Organizations facing rising conflict, legal exposure, and employee burnout are increasingly turning to mediation to resolve disputes and restore working relationships. In fiscal year 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received more than 88,000 new discrimination and retaliation charges, a 9 percent increase from the prior year. At the same time, analysts project that the workplace mediation and conflict-resolution market will grow by more than 7 percent annually through 2030. These trends point to a simple reality: workplace conflict is increasing, and organizations are searching for better ways to manage it. The modern workplace itself is driving this change. Hybrid work, remote teams, generational turnover, and a more diverse workforce are creating new kinds of misunderstandings and tensions, many of which do not fit neatly into tradi