About the Genuine Contact Workshops

Foundational Workshops:
Path to Organizational Health & Balance
Achieving Organizational Health & Balance
Individual Health & Balance
Holistic Leadership Development

Advanced Skill Development Workshops:
Working with Open Space Technology
Whole Person Process Facilitation
Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution
Genuine Contact Organization
Train the Trainer

Bringing Workshops In-House
Global Workshop Calendar

Learn to develop an interconnected learning organization, to inspire, sustain, and regenerate growth and exceptional performance and to build capacity to successfully flow with the chaos of our times

Organizations today need to find solutions to complex problems in a very short period of time. Organizations today do better when they increase their capacity to navigate with change and take advantage of opportunities as they arise. Organizations today do better when they can tap into the wisdom of all of the people involved to find the best solutions.

We invite you to a workshop to learn how to develop an " operating system" for your organization that sustains and regenerates growth and exceptional performance. Teams will emerge, communication will improve, and staff morale and staff health will improve. All of this will affect your bottom line including your overall efficiency.

You cannot effectively use your computer without a good " operating system". The same is true for your organization.

You will leave this experiential, interactive workshop equipped with:

• Knowledge of developing an organization as a Genuine Contact Organization
• Your own design to start the development of a Genuine Contact Organization using a single Open Space Technology meeting as a catalyst for system-wide change
• Knowledge in working with the key ingredients of a Genuine Contact Organization to support a solution focused climate
• Knowledge of working with a liberating structure and a participatory architecture
• Key ingredients to support leadership in determining change, and working with change to the advantage of your organization
• A practical means for working with the information, knowledge and wisdom that already exists in your organization and within your broad stakeholder involvement
• Key ingredients for daily and strategic planning and implementation to be simultaneous within an agreed upon purpose and vision for the organization
• Understanding the role of ‘collective intelligence’ about the organization and its development
• A peer to peer mentoring circle for ongoing learning
• An in depth understanding of the dimensions of working with the key ingredients of meeting method Open Space Technology including the dynamics of repeated use of Open Space Technology in an organization.
• An understanding of how to use both Whole Person Process Facilitation and the Medicine Wheel Tool in the development of and sustainability of the Genuine Contact Organization.

Length: 4 days
Pre-requisites: Working with Open Space Technology, Whole Person Process Faciliation, Achieving Organizational Health and Balance

Consult our Calendar for details on when & where the public workshops are being held.

Another highly recommended option is to make arrangements for a private workshop with a Genuine Contact Professional and your whole management team, staff, and/or Board. These private workshops can take place at a location of your choosing. This option allows total attention on your organization's unique needs, and any necessary problem solving is facilitated within the workshop format. To find an authorized Genuine Contact Trainer who is able to work with you in your geographic area, consult the GC Professionals listing and contact members who have 'Training' selected as one of their offerings.