A Leaderful Life: Moving Toward Effective Leadership

This 5-monthprogram is designed to help you integrate Nonviolent Communication into yourleadership style to maximize your effectiveness. Inner-outercongruence is key to being an effective leader. When your vision emerges from aplace of deep presence and purpose, and strategies are in alignment withvalues, then trust is built and power is created with other people. NonviolentCommunication (NVC) can support the development of inner-outer congruence.

Much more than acommunication model, NVC is an integration of consciousness, language, thought,communication and strategies of influence. When understood at all these levels,NVC gives rise to power and possibility that can transform our effectiveness inthe world.

This program will moveyou toward greater effectiveness in influencing and leading those you work withwhether it be in families, community organizations, educational institutions,political entities or large corporations.

In this courseyou will develop skills that support:

·       Increasedsense of trust in your own abilities to connect, influence and lead

·       Mutualtrust with those you are working with

·       Inspiringothers to join you in creating the world in which you want to live

·       Improvedability to articulate and convey what matters most

·       Creativityand cooperation

·       Teamlearning, trust, connection and honesty

·       Elicitinguseful feedback

The first classof each month will focus on learning and applying NVC at the levelsof:

·       Consciousness/intention- the motivation behind the mechanics

·       Language- software for our thoughts

·       Thinking- core beliefs we hold about the world

·       Communication- choices and ways our message is sent without language

·       Strategiesof Influence - how we influence others in alignment with our values

The second classeach month will include discussion on a book from thefollowing list:

·       Presence:An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society- PeterSenge, C.Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers

·       Synchronicity:The Inner Path of Leadership - Joseph Jaworski

·       Leadershipand the New Science - Margaret Wheatley

·       SocialIntelligence- Daniel Goleman

·       TheoryU: Leading From the Future as It Emerges - C. Otto Scharmer

*Participants are askedto purchase books on their own.

Course outline:

September:

• Consciousness/intention- Truly the heart and core of NVC, explore how the consciousness of interdependence, compassion, and partnership shapes our involvement in living systems (personal and social), creating choices supporting health of the whole planet. Book: Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society- Peter Senge, C.Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers

October:

• Language- As software for our thoughts, language plays an important role in shaping our intentions and expressing our deepest values to others. Explore language that’s congruent with your values and likely to connect with the values held by others. Book: Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership- Joseph Jaworski.

November:

• Thinking- Take a look at core beliefs we hold about the world, the key role thoughts play in our reactions and responses, and the outcomes of the assumptions and frameworks that create our paradigms. Consider shifts in thinking that may be more congruent with your intentions. Book: Leadership and the New Science- Margaret Wheatley

December:

• Communication- Exploration of the ways our messages are sent without language. The role “choice” plays in our communication will be an emphasis as well as the ways consciousness is displayed beyond the words we use. Book: Social Intelligence- Daniel Goleman

January:

·     Strategies ofInfluence- This area is critical to realizing our visions. How do we influenceothers in alignment with our values? How can we inspire others to join us increating a world that restores health and wholeness to the planet? Book: TheoryU: Leading From the Future as It Emerges- C. Otto Scharmer