Genuine Contact Trainer Authorization

Develop your skills and knowledge to train others in the full Genuine Contact Way

We invite you to our Genuine Contact Trainer Authorization workshop to become authorized to teach all of the components of Genuine Contact Way*. Join a growing number of colleagues internationally who are working the Genuine Contact Way, enabling organizations to be healthy and balanced.

The Genuine Contact Way is the vehicle to develop the Genuine Contact Organization. The Genuine Contact Organization does better by increasing its capacity to navigate with change and to take advantage of opportunities as they arise. The Genuine Contact Organization does better because it taps into the wisdom of all of the people involved to find the best solutions. The Genuine Contact Organization does better because attention is paid to the underpinning “operating system” of the organization, ensuring a healthy terrain from which work gets done effectively with results that surpass expectations.

You will leave this experiential, interactive workshop equipped with:

• Facilitation designs for teaching others Genuine Contact Way modules and authorization to use them - you can start offering workshops immediately after graduation
• Authorization to use the workbooks and hundreds of other resources of the Genuine Contact Way for use in teaching others including an array of handouts to choose from to accompany the workbooks*
• An expanded understanding of the meeting method Whole Person Process Facilitation
• A working knowledge of creating mentoring circles and options for facilitating peer to peer mentoring
• An expanded understanding of the process of organizational transformation
• An expanded understanding of the key ingredients needed for organizational health and balance
• An expanded understanding of your work in the world and why you do it, enabling you to develop practical strategies that move your purpose and vision forward
• An expanded understanding of working with purpose, leadership, vision, community, management, and relationships within an organization
• An expanded understanding of genuine contact as a key to growth and evolution
• An expanded understanding of working with Spirit through working with energy

Anyone who has graduated as a GC Trainers has the right – but not the responsibility – to participate in creating the future of the Genuine Contact Way, the International Genuine Contact Organization and its member community. Authorized trainers are invited to become co-owners of the Genuine Contact Co-Owners Group Ltd, a global Genuine Contact Organization that is the steward of the GC Program and support members in growing 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.

* Trainers can teach any learning module that they have participated in. There are 9 additional Genuine Contact Way modules that are not prerequisite learning for this authorization, inviting you to continue your own professional development while adding more teaching opportunities to your toolkit.

Genuine Contact Way Workshops are offered around the world and in several languages. Workshops are regularly offered in English, German, and Swedish. They are also offered occasionally in Dutch, French, Norwegian, Spanish, and Russian. Genuine Contact Trainers offer workshops both in person and online.  In short, it's easy to find an upcoming workshop near you!