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Organizational Transformation
Imagine an environment in which we explore, embrace and honor the richness of our diversity and the learning afforded by our differences. What could happen if one hundred people could commit themselves to each other and then gather their collective energy to produce, expand, build and create? This vision manifests the best our founding leaders envisioned for our country. And research tells us that it is the best approach to creating highly productive and successful organizations. But often out of fear based perceptions we judge another and ourselves as unworthy. When this happens we lose valuable productive energy that cost both time and money.
The Organizational Transformation model focuses on helping groups and organizations transcend differences that cause separation, dissonance and conflict. The model helps individuals within a group setting to:
- Honor and affirm diversity
- Raise difficult issues with integrity
- Resolve conflict with respect
- Communicate authentically
- Relate with care
Principles:
- People do the best they can with the information they have. Our aim is to introduce sufficient information to support positive change and transformation.
- All people have value and influence
; whatever is occurring is the result of collective participation. It is a situation that we have all helped to create. We seek to focus participants’ existing skills, abilities and resources to achieve more favorable, satisfying and productive outcomes.
Goals:
- To increase participant’s awareness about their perceptions and beliefs that can be a barrier to creating respectful and productive relationships.
- To introduce participants to principles, values and skills that help to create multicultural systems that are just, respectful, and humane.
Method:
- Listening – Participants develop the ability to hear deeply the experience of another and to respect the other’s experience even when it is different from their own.
- Effective Communication
- Participant’s become aware of their communication style, and through specific interactive exercises gain insight in how to communicate more effectively, particularly in stressful situations.
- Problem Solving
- The group is introduced to methods of problem solving, reducing conflict and raising difficult issues.
Activities:
- Norm Setting: Participants are invited to establish guidelines that will establish safety and help build group cohesiveness
- Simulated exercises
-Participants are invited to experience a "real" world situation in which they observe their responses and responses of others. In both large and small group participants have the opportunity to collaborate and create together.
- Interactive exercises
-Participants are introduced to activities that enhance listening and communication skills.
- New Agreements
- Participants are invited to establish new agreements that will facilitate the groups increased effectiveness.
Format
One day Session-Participant’s will have a thorough introduction to skills and practices.
- Two day-Three day Session
- Participants will have a deeper experience that will include specific problem areas of their choosing.
- participants come back together for an additional session with the facilitator for review and assessment.
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The Leadership and Empowerment Institute, Inc. 
