Are you a leader or group facilitator who struggles with the complex interpersonal dynamics in your teams or groups, yet feels there must be better ways for people to relate to each other in service of a greater whole?
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to
learn the maps, relational & leadership practices to build & lead groups
in which people thrive in connection across differences & difficulties.
WELCOME TO THE
EVOLVING COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP
ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM
So that groups can harvest their collective intelligence and to truly go forward together without getting stuck or fragmented.
Imagine every person in your team or group...
Feels a strong sense of belonging & psychological safety to express differences, including speaking truth to power.
Is able to stay in healthy connection and communicate openly and directly with every other member, even across differences.
Can contribute to the emergence of collective leadership and intelligence of the group as a whole system.
The cost of struggling with complex interpersonal dynamics
Whenever groups of people come together, it's inevitable that differences arise.
But differences too often become a source of conflict and division, and groups can get stuck, inefficient or fractured.
It shouldn't be like this
It's too common.
Too many people suffer from it.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It's not Rocket Science.
A better way is possible- if you have the maps and practices to do it differently.
We've done our time suffering from it & decided to find a better way
Early in our careers, we kept struggling with interpersonal dynamics in groups and teams that got in the way of getting work done and drained motivation.
We noticed that similar things would happen in different situations and identified recurring patterns.
Between us we've spent over 50 years searching for it
We felt that there just had to be a better way, so we researched and studied for many years, in many different methods and traditions, to develop expertise in interpersonal and relational practices.
Now we have curated and organised our learnings from over 50 years of study, research, experimentation, practice, training and consulting expertise- into an easily accessible step-by-step online program for leaders and group facilitators to follow.
THERE IS A SIMPLE WAY OUT
5 Steps to developing the capacity for
Collective Leadership in your teams/groups
in 4 months
ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM
1. Experience Groups as Interconnected Systems
Experience the shift from experiencing groups as a collection of individuals; to an interconnected system functioning as a whole.
2. Redefine Feedback
Transform the conventional practice of feedback as personal/ critical/ uncomfortable; to being seen as useful data to improve how the system functions.
3. Stay in Connection Across Differences
Rather than differences being a source of conflict and division, build the capacity to stay in connection with other people, even when differences are present; in service of the greater whole.
4. Give & Receive Feedback Across Differences
Once people have the capacity to stay in connection across differences, feedback that would otherwise have been too uncomfortable and difficult becomes possible.
5. Utilise Differences for Collective Intelligence
The wisdom of the whole is able to emerge when people are able to stay in connection and express their differences, so that greater and more complete perspectives can be understood.
How the program works
Online Components
To make the most of the live trainings, all content which can be taught online is provided in pre-recorded videos & other materials.
Instructions for actions/activities to do in between sessions are also provided to help the learning stick.
Live Group Trainings
Most (not all) weeks include live online group sessions to practice what is being taught in the context of a real group.
Along with opportunities for personal reflection and questions.
Dates Of Training Cohorts over 4 Months
SPRING/SUMMER
March - June
AUTUMN/WINTER
Mid September - Mid February
(including Christmas break)
What Our Clients Say
We Have Worked With
Your Instructors
Amina Knowlan
I co-founded Matrix Leadership in 1990. For over 30 years, I have been facilitating groups and trainings. I consider myself a social artist, and I work as a trainer, facilitator, and consultant.
In addition to my work with groups, I also offer team, executive, and life coaching to individuals, partnerships, and teams. I was a trainer for the Hakomi Institute of Body-Centred Psychotherapy for 15 years, and I was an owner/practitioner in Wellspring, Partners in Health (a holistic medical clinic) for 15 years.
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Nick Osborne
I am Founder & Lead Trainer of Evolving Organisation. Since the mid-1990s, I have been studying, researching, experimenting with, practising and training people how to improve how they work together in teams and organisations.
I've worked with thousands of people (including as a Partner with
HolacracyOne, the organization that founded Holacracy) and am one of only 7 Holacracy Master Coaches in the world. I have distilled the lessons I've learned into a series of online programmes and expert support.
I lead on projects and work with our Associates/ Apprentices/ peers from a wide network of expertise as needed. Our purpose is to inspire, equip and support Changemakers to make changes by upgrading how well your teams are adapted to surviving and thriving in our complex and changing world.
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