Practices for Conflict Resolution
Online
Workshop: August 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014 – 6:00-9:00 p.m. EST
Cost: $550.00
Early Bird Rate before July 15, 2014. $600 after that date.
Returning
Students (within 12 months) $475.00
To register inquire at : michelle@couragegroup.ca
Prices are subject to 13% HST. Ask us about
special group rates.
Conflict represents the presence
of diverse viewpoints and is a normal part of life. Yet conflict can be a big
energy leak that prevents teams and organizations from realizing their goals. How
do you create an environment where struggle with conflict and reconciliation
can spark creativity, nourish growth, jump-start productivity, and strengthen
relationships? If
you are looking for strategies for both preventing and reducing the health and
productivity costs of unresolved conflict, this workshop is for you.
During
this four-part highly experiential online workshop, “Cross Cultural Conflict
Resolution”,
you
will learn a simple and highly effective method for working with people in
conflict situations who wish to resolve their problem. The workshop
focuses on the readiness of the facilitator to work with situations of
conflict, providing skills and frameworks for conflict resolution in groups
based on universal cross-cultural practices for conflict resolution.
This workshop will interest anyone who wants to take steps to resolve conflicts
to benefit people, productivity and the bottom line: leaders, managers,
consultants, or members of any group or community. Workshops draw participants
from all sectors – from corporate to
health care and non-profit to education and the arts – and this mix adds to
the richness of your learning experience.
Benefits
You
will leave the workshop equipped with practical and holistic process and
frameworks that will enable you to:
- Identify
leadership practices that build trust, community and collaboration that
prevent conflict from becoming unhealthy;
- Make
genuine contact with your understanding of conflict and conflict
resolution;
- Determine
if conflict resolution is appropriate or if other means need to be
employed;
- Prepare
yourself to successfully facilitate conflict resolution;
- Work
with individuals to prepare them for conflict resolution;
- Apply
practices for conflict resolution with individuals and groups
Our Approach
Our
teaching model is rooted in experience. The facilitation process for the
workshop is Whole Person Process Facilitation, which pays attention to the
multidimensional human being including learning styles, different intelligences
and levels of consciousness. This facilitation methodology creates conditions
that maximize the learning of individual participants and also creates the
opportunity for the emergence of collective learning.
The
methodology incorporates individual reflection, paired and to large group
plenary work. The process invites participants to make genuine contact with
themselves, one other, the collective and the community – building
relationships and new ways of working together during the workshop. This allows
participants to mentor each other as they apply the learning.
The
workshop includes a workbook to support ongoing learning. Audio and video CDs
are available for purchase as an additional learning tool. All participants
have access to support and mentorship following the training through the
international network of Genuine Contact™ professionals. For more information
go to www.genuinecontact.net.
The Program
Workshop
participants will be invited to complete independent learning activities
between sessions.
July 30 – (6:00-7:00 p.m.) – Orientation to Blackboard and technical
check.
August 6 - Session 1:
·
Setting the context/purpose of the program
·
Learning goals
·
Making Genuine Contact with yourself: Your
perceptions of Conflict and Conflict Resolution
August 13 - Session 2:
·
Preparation of the Facilitator: Practices and
approaches – working from a place of non-judgement.
·
Conditions of the Human Being: Tools to
provide insight into the human
·
Strategies for Conflict Prevention
August 20- Session 3
·
Preparing participants for the Conflict Resolution Meeting: Six steps
·
Facilitating the Conflict Resolution Meeting
August 27 - Session 4
·
After the Conflict Resolution Meeting: Potential for grief and healing
crisis.
·
Deeper exploration of participant’s questions or course material or conflict
scenario(s).
·
Evaluation
An online follow-up group coaching session is
included and will be offered 2 months following the event. The date will be
established with participants.
Facilitator Team
The
workshop will be co-facilitated by Donna Clark (Nova
Scotia), Michelle Cooper (Ontario)
and Marquis Bureau (Québec). They are authorized Genuine Contact™
Trainers who together have been working with the program for a number of
years.
Completing
Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution fulfils one of four course requirements for
participating in the Genuine Contact™ Program Train the Trainer workshop. (Working
with Open Space Technology, Whole Person Process Facilitation, Cross Cultural
Conflict Resolution and Genuine Contact Organization).
This
workshop is also available in a two-day face to face format. Ask us about
bringing this workshop into your organization or team.