Sought out for his insight and innovative ways of tackling difficult disputes, Stephen is one of the few practitioners that sits at the nexus of embodiment, leadership coaching and conflict resolution and is known for his practical, engaging and highly interactive teaching style informed by his study of Aikido, Embodied Peacemaking, Men’s Work, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Somatic Abolitionism and mytho-somatic explorations.
With over thirty years of experience, and based in Washington, D.C., he works as a conflict resolution consultant offering coaching, mediation, ombuds, and facilitation services, training and embodiment education to private and government clients. He has extensive experience resolving workplace disputes ranging from team interventions to pre-complaint/pre-litigation mediation. He holds a Masters degree from George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and certificates in leadership coaching and conflict coaching from Georgetown University and Dr. Tricia Jones of Conflict Coaching Matters LLC.
Stephen has conducted trainings for international and national audiences from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Germany, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada and across the continental United States
He specializes in training conflict resolvers on how to maintain their calm in high-conflict situations and for over a decade has taught courses on this topic as an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University. He is Chair of the Association for Conflict Resolution Taskforce on Safety in ADR and can be reached at www.StephenKotev.com
