As a leader, consultant, coach, or facilitator who is working with the Genuine Contact Way, it can be immensely helpful to your work to be able to teach Genuine Contact modules to others. Whether it’s building capacity through teaching a team in an organization or individuals through public offerings, sharing these modules with others is a powerful way to support them in working with Genuine Contact more intentionally and empowering them to work this way on their own.

One of the foundational givens of the Genuine Contact way of working is that our approach should have limited external consultant involvement with maximum skill and capacity building. Completing the Train the Trainer learning path and becoming an Authorized Genuine Contact Trainer gives you an added approach for doing just that. Teaching individuals and organizations to work this way so that they can grow their own capacity for working in this way.

From Learner to Authorized Trainer

In the Train the Trainer learning path, you experience the teachings of the Genuine Contact Way. Ten modules that teach you the tools, processes, and methods at the core of the Genuine Contact way of working. With each module you complete, you will have new skills that you can put into practice immediately - strengthening your leadership or expanding your offerings as a consultant, coach, or facilitator.

The 10th and final module, Train the Trainer, focuses on developing the skills and knowledge you need to train others in all Genuine Contact modules. Upon graduation, you are able to access a complete Trainers’ Toolkit including sample workshop facilitation plans and all of the learning materials you’ll need to begin teaching others - starting right after your graduation.

Over the course of this learning path, you learn how to work with this integrated approach while learning to teach it to others. This powerful learning-while-doing approach means you’re ready to begin teaching Genuine Contact modules from the very first day you are authorized. 

Benefits

This experiential and interactive learning path includes:

  • Simple processes for introducing others to the Genuine Contact Way of working that are designed to foster join-in throughout the introduction
  • An approach for regenerating your personal health and balance so that you can show up into your leadership from a centered and strong self
  • Participatory meeting methods you can use with small and large groups, designed for maximum engagement and engaging collective wisdom for the benefit of the work being done
  • An uncomplicated approach to cross cultural conflict resolution that creates space for finding solutions and focuses on what we share in common rather than our differences
  • A customizable method for developing organizations that are life-nourishing, foster leadership in everyone, and thrive in change
  • Deepened understanding of the individual components of the Genuine Contact Way and how they can be synergistically blended into a comprehensive approach and method
  • Authorization to teach all of the components of Genuine Contact (Trainers must have completed a module before they can teach it)
  • Access to the Trainers Toolkit (Ambassador, Co-Owner, or Elder membership required), including facilitation plans and learning materials for each module you are authorized to teach

What’s included?

Ready to dive in? This learning path is divided into three phases, where you can choose your own adventure:

  • Start: Lay the foundation for your journey by exploring introductory tools and processes for working with Genuine Contact. These modules help you get started for yourself and to introduce your team, organization, or clients to this way of working. Start with any module in this phase.
  • Grow: Build upon your foundation by learning tools and methods for creating a life-nourishing organization where people thrive and work gets done.
  • Deepen: Elevate your skills to the next level, integrating everything you've learned into a cohesive approach. Be prepared to teach Genuine Contact modules to others.

The modules in this learning path include:

Start

Grow

Deepen

Stewardship & Co-Ownership

Anyone who has completed the Train the Trainer 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.