Process Work & Organizational Excellence
PROCESS WORK & ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE:
INDIVIDUAL AND EXECUTIVE COACHING
With Dr. Stephen Schuitevoerder
January 11-14, 2007
REGISTER TODAY for BCODN’s January workshop on process work and group facilitation
with Dr. Stephen Schuitevoerder (Jan. 11-14).
Online
Registration
This three plus day workshop will focus on Group Facilitation Training. We
will explore in depth the range of skills that Process Work has to offer group
facilitators. Facilitating a group is a challenging process that requires deep
perception, awareness and skill. When a group of people meet, they bring divergent
interests, values and perceptions to the meeting, making the process of interaction
dynamic and complex. Sometimes this diversity is expressed verbally, at other
times it is more subtle and felt in the non verbal behavior, attitudes and
mood of the meeting. Facilitating effectively requires a sensitivity to the
multitude of experiences in the group and a support of this diversity. When
this depth of facilitation occurs, the group becomes a powerful meeting place
where the richness of values, culture and perceptions can meet, interact and
learn from each other.
WHAT WE WILL COVER
This workshop will be an intensive training in Process Work group facilitation.
In the workshop we will cover in depth the various stages of group facilitation.
We will learn skills in atmosphere work, sorting and consensus, role theory,
edge work and working with hot spots, integration work, and rank and power
issues in groups. Throughout these processes we will be mindful of our personal
development as facilitators, encouraging the “metaskills” deep democracy, awareness
and fluidity. This is a hands-on, experiential workshop. Participants will
be fully immersed in Process work skills and their applications and will be
provided with a toolkit that can be applied in a wide range of group facilitation
settings.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Engage in activities to improve group performance.
- To develop skills in working with complex facilitation moments such as
violence and personal criticism of the facilitator. - To learn in depth about the core concepts in group facilitation.
- To increase personal awareness and thereby enrich facilitation expertise.
- To gain an understanding of the concepts of Process Work.
MORE ON PROCESS WORK
Process Work is a cross-disciplinary approach to support individual and collective
change. It developed in the 1970s and 1980s in Zurich, Switzerland by Dr. Arnold
Mindell, a Jungian analyst. Process Work, also known as Process-Oriented Psychology,
offers new ways of working with areas of life that are experienced as problematic
or painful. Physical symptoms, relationship problems, group conflicts and social
tensions, when approached with curiosity and respect, can lead to new information
that is vital for personal and collective growth.
With its roots in Jungian psychology and physics, Process Work believes that
the solution to problems is often contained within the disturbances themselves.
Process Work provides a practical framework through which individuals, couples,
families, groups and organizations can connect with greater effectiveness and
creativity. Process Work adopts a sense of deep democracy whereby each aspect
of ourselves is seen to be meaningful and important and offers valuable information
for us when explored and unfolded. Similarly within an organization, each member
holds important and vital contribution to the group’s well-being and effectiveness. www.processwork.org
MORE ON THE FACILITATOR:
Dr. Stephen Schuitevoerder is an international consultant, lecturer and facilitator
based in Portland, Oregon. Stephen presents seminars, lectures and workshops
throughout the world including South Africa, Australia, Russia, South America,
Mexico and the United States. He works with diversity issues, team building,
executive development and organizational conflict and has facilitated small
and large group processes in a wide range of settings. Stephen is on the faculty
of the Process Work Center of Portland and is the CEO and President of this
school. He teaches Process Work both in the United States and internationally
and has collaborated to develop training programs in Process Work in a number
of countries including South Africa. He has a private practice in Portland,
Oregon and consults with individuals and executives throughout the world. www.processconsulting.org
January 11 – 14, 2007
January 11th 6:00pm to 9:00pm
January 12-14 9:30am to 4:30pm
Location: Venue located in North Vancouver near Lonsdale Quay. Details provided
upon confirmation of registration.
PARTICIPATION
Maximum 25 participants
FEE STRUCTURE
Members $750, Non-members $900
TESTIMONIALS
“I have used the PW approach to group process to:
Define, and align the leadership team around, Strategy
Mobilize Leadership Teams to advance & accelerate Strategic Change Initiatives
Engage key stakeholders to understanding and adopt strategic change
Enhance Team Development
Heighten and constructively utilize team conflict
Enhance creativity & innovation by surfacing differences in opinions, ideas,
points of view
Create leadership learning strategies”
“I can honestly say I have used at least some element of what I learned from
the Process Work Seminar in every facilitation that I have done since the seminar.
I have found that I get consistently better ratings from clients using the
techniques that we learned and practiced. I now understand how to engage quicker
and with more ease with most all members of culturally diverse groups. The
discussions are richer, the participation levels higher and the overall depth
of the learning is greatly enhanced due to the Process Work Seminar and Stephen’s
unique and gifted teaching approach. I have used Process Work with equal success
in nonprofits and in high tech, with first level managers to executives. This
seminar has given me a new perspective and useful tools and I would recommend
it to the most to consultants with every level of expertise. I can’t imagine
anyone who would not benefit from both Stephen’s facilitation and this seminal
work.”
“The group facilitation workshop inspired me to help a group of 40 managers
voice the elephant in the room – that in their company culture they had to
be smart and they could’t not know something. This was a
huge release for them and helped them find the courage to take risks and try
new skills as managers.”
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