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Sociocratic Meeting Facilitation

Access this complete 6 session course Do you ever feel frustrated about making decisions and getting things done, and long for a way to work together in connection AND achieve effective outcomes? Would you like to learn to facilitate effective and efficient meetings that nurture connection, equivalence and mutuality, while producing decisions that leave participants feeling energized and...
Considering Everyone’s Needs Brings Peace

Trainer Tip Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. —Frederick Douglass We feel our freedom when we are willing to look at others’ needs and our own, evaluate all of them and work toward valuing everyone’s needs. It sounds easy. It did to me in the beginning. However, in a charged moment, valuing other people’s needs...
The Highest Leverage For Effective Meetings

The highest leverage point for effective meetings is mature individuals. By mature, I mean people who can self-manage. By self-manage, I mean people who ask themselves key questions before they open their mouth in a meeting. Questions like: Who is this serving? (Am I trying to look smart or impress somebody? Does this serve only me or does it serve the group?) What need of mine am I meeting by...
The Building Blocks of Interpersonal Collaboration

Access this complete 4 session course There are a variety of reasons, but primarily it's because so many of us don't know how to effectively work through our differences. If you are like most of us, you will need support to re-learn how to transform differences into outcomes that benefit everyone. During this course recording, you'll focus on learning about and acquiring the skills and...
Creating and Sustaining Strong Teams

Access this complete 4 session course In this course recording, you'll encounter new abilities and learn how to collaborate effectively from WITHIN a team. You'll be invited to build on interpersonal relationships, and branch out into the exciting challenges present when people work together toward a shared purpose. Each session focuses on a single element essential to effective collaboration...
Supporting a Culture of Collaboration

Access this complete 4 session course One person cannot singlehandedly transform a culture and make it more collaborative, no matter how much you dedicate yourself to it. Transforming organizational culture requires attention and change at the systemic level. Learn which systems are crucial for any organization to establish and clarify whether that organization is collaborative or not, and then...
Peace Is Possible

Access this complete 4 session course When you see violence and conflict among your family, colleagues and neighbors, do you wish you could do something to offer an alternative to violence, force and domination? Listen to this 4-session course recording, and you will learn simple steps for transforming conflicts and mobilizing peace at home, at work and in the world. Through using NVC and...
Making the Most of Meetings

If you’re like most people, you spend a lot of time engaged in meetings — whether for work, family or as a volunteer. In fact, the Wharton Center for Applied Research says, the average manager spends up to 23 hours each week in meetings, only half of which they’d consider productive. Read on to find proven steps to substantially boost meeting productivity and efficiency with NVC. Read this...
NVC Life Hacks 5

Conflict occurs when disagreements undermine the sense of trust and safety in family, workplace, or community. Shantigarbha shares nine tips for addressing, and even transforming conflict. Keywords: partnership tips relationships presence conflict resolution conflict Shantigarbha Warren
NVC Life Hacks 32

Mediation is a great skill to have whether it's for your personal relationships or in the workplace. We look at four different techniques and their benefits in a role-play between two neighbours discussing a dispute. Keywords: Trainer Tip Shantigarbha Warren mediation role play conflict resolution