We will investigate the idea that what gives people access to leadership is an appropriate and powerful relation with the sheer creative potential of organizations of people. To take this idea seriously transforms how we think of organizing (and the responsibility that goes with it). We will examine the world-making potential of organizations, what this means concretely for your organization, and also for your leadership. From here we will explore how to continuously cultivate and refine the profound relationship of leader and organization to produce unprecedented results.
Our exploration will engage us in thinking together about this “profound relationship” so that, despite differences between organizations, we will discover common leadership themes. As a result we will draw upon the diversity of organizations and sectors present in the workshop to enrich and deepen each individual inquiry.
The first ten years of the twenty-first century have raised serious questions over the purpose of organizing and the role and ethics of leaders. Both critics and supporters of business organizations tend to assume that leaders should stay focused on the balance sheet: this idea is even spreading to public institutions such as hospitals and government departments. Are we misunderstanding the very nature of organizing and even of what it is to be a human being? Can we stand for something more profoundly enabling of what it is to be human at the beginning of this century?
This program will benefit leaders by coming to terms with these questions in the specific situation of their own organization, how it is led and how they understand their own leadership.
Program Overview
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DAY 1 |
DAY 2 |
DAY 3 |
| Session I |
- Introduction
- Expectations
- Fears
- Objectives
How should we inquire into leadership? |
How we always already listen.
How organization occurs before we start thinking about it. |
Inquiry into ethics for leaders:
- Morals
- Legality
- Reputation
- Integrity |
| Session II |
Inquiry:
What is an organization? |
Moving from a vicious to a virtuous circle.
Understanding as a dynamic process (introducing the hermeneutic cycle) |
Inquiry:
Causing action
Temporality and action
Language and action
Conversations as speech acts |
| Session III |
What kind of world does your organization set up? |
The significance of language in creating significance and meaning in organizations. |
Conversations that cause results. |
| Session IV |
What kind of a world do organizations typically set up? |
Access to freedom: Distinguishing and mastering emotions and mood as an access to peace of mind, clarity and leadership. |
What this means for leadership in your organization and for you as a leader.
Your journey from here. |
Participants
This program is appropriate for senior executives of organizations of any size from any sector who are responsible for guiding their organization into the future. The fee for the program will be $3,500 for the first person attending from each organization. Subsequent people attending from the same organization will receive a 25% discount. This is to encourage multiple attendances from organizations so that colleagues can work together on their own organization.
Those who have signed up for 2012 Consortium Membership by the date of the program will receive Consortium discounts for this event. Please speak with David Tunney for further information at 508-349-6185.
GISC’s Leadership Programs
GISC offers programs for leaders at every level and degree of familiarity with our Gestalt leadership model.
- Practice of Leadership is for high-potential, mid to senior level directors and managers to explore new practices for individual and group effectiveness in their role.
- Leadership in the 21st Century is GISC’s premier in-depth leadership development program for top-level executives, with an emphasis on inter-session coaching and intensive group work.
Entire organizations may join our Leadership Consortium which offers biannual Executive Forums on topics chosen by members, custom training and consulting designed by a dedicated Relationship Manager, and discounted tuition to programs.
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