Designing a thriving organization that is flexible to withstand changes over time is a capacity that can be built. This allows the organization to be responsive to what is going on in the current environment.  How great would it be to have an organization that is able to do this consistently?

Learning to design thriving organizations engages you as you move towards becoming a thriving organization:

  • Gain an understanding of the interconnectedness of all parts of the organization
  • Gain confidence in your leadership
  • Gain confidence in the leadership of people in your organization
  • Create and regenerate a nourishing environment that is oriented to making the most of the potential of the people
  • Gain an understanding that thriving organizations and tangible results go hand in hand

Equipping You for the Marathon, Not the Short Sprint

In the Designing a Thriving Organization learning path, we'll equip you with the tools, methods, and frameworks to breathe life into your organization. Say hello to a dynamic, resilient entity that dances with the rhythm of change.

Are you curious, hopeful or fearful when you think about making change in your organization? A deep level of learning is supported to meet curiosity and address the hopes and fears. This learning supports transformational change in thinking and working that nourishes a culture of leadership. 

The graduate of this learning path develops a perspective of their own that recognizes that a thriving organization is directly linked to results. You are equipped to work within the reality of change being constant. And you have the opportunity to develop a design for a thriving organization that is tailored specifically for your organization. 

Benefits

When you pursue this learning pathway as a leader you will learn how your organization can work so that: 

  • the organization can unlock the potential to thrive and regenerate itself over time
  • you can lead processes that bring clarity and vitality to every corner of your organization - whether you’re just starting out, or have been around for a long time
  • people work with one another in happy and effective ways
  • all people are engaged and work together to achieve a common purpose
  • a culture of leadership is fostered, where every individual feels empowered to contribute their best
  • there is the ability to work with conflict and come back into balance as an organization when conflict arises
  • people are self-directed and operating within a clear organizational structure

When you pursue this learning pathway as a consultant, you will:

  • Learn simple, powerful, methods and frameworks that can be tailored to any organizational need 
  • grow personal ability and confidence in your own capacity to carry out this complex work.
  • have the freedom and ability to customize what you have learned to fit your clients’ situations without having to follow a step-by-step recipe.
  • gain a holistic view of all the moving parts of an organization and how they are (or can be) relating to each other.

Are you ready to dive into designing a thriving organization that stands the test of change over time? Join us on this exhilarating journey for your growth and the growth of your organization.

What’s Included

Each learning path is designed to choose your own adventure. They are grouped into 3 phases of learning:

  • Start: choose any of these modules to develop fundamental knowledge needed in a thriving organization. The rest of the modules in this section will complement your learning, strengthening your foundational understanding.
  • Grow: with fundamental knowledge in place from the Start modules, these next steps will support you in designing and growing a thriving organization.
  • Deepen: these advanced modules are designed to bring everything you’ve learned so far on this learning path together to deepen your cohesive understanding to carry out regeneration of a thriving organization over time. 

The modules in this learning path include:

Start

Grow

Deepen

Stewardship & Co-Ownership

Anyone who has completed the Designing Thriving Organizations learning path has the right – but not the responsibility – to participate in creating the future of the Genuine Contact Way and co-leading the Genuine Contact Organization as co-owners and stewards of the Genuine Contact Co-Owners Group, Inc. This global Genuine Contact Organization  is the steward of the GC Way and supports members of the Genuine Contact Organization in increasing the use of Genuine Contact in the world. This provides a practical experience of leadership in a global GCO when learning and collaborating together with people spanning a multitude of competencies, cultures, and languages.