Deep Essence

Welcome to the Learning Hub for working with the Deep Essence Tool (2023).  This is a Genuine Contact Way learning module.

This page is the Learning Hub for the module and includes details on all of the components. The components are organized in 3 phases of learning:

  1. Pre-Work: self-study materials to complete between your registration and the first real-time learning day
  2. Real-Time Learning: 2 days of real-time online learning, February 23-24, 2023. Audio recordings of each of the meeting segments will be provided of each day's activity for your ongoing learning.
  3. Post-Meeting Work: this work continues your learning after the real-time days are complete.

Approximate times for your work with each segment will be provided. Additional information about each segment can be found further down this Learning Hub page.

  • Segment 1: Your Business and/or Development Goal. Plan for 1 hour.
  • Segment 2: Working with the Deep Essence Tool: Plan for 30 minutes.
  • Segment 3: Origins of Frequently Used Tools. Plan for 2 hours.
  • Segment 4: Real-Time Learning. February 23-24, 2023, 4 hours workshop
  • Learning through Application
  • Segment 5: Real-time Mentoring Circle. 3 hours. Date: May 19, 2023 (link takes you to the Genuine Contact website)
  • information about the book The Genuine Contact Way
  • information about using and purchasing the Developing Leadership Reflection Cards
  • digital downloads of the Deep Essence Tool
  • supplementary reading materials

 

Pre-Work

Segment 1: Getting Ready for Your Learning

Suggested Time: 1 hour | For self-study prior to the rest of your learning

Prepare for your learning experience through a series of readiness exercises. Getting ready for your learning might not be something you’ve thought much about before. We believe taking some time before starting a workshop to get in touch with your personal readiness for learning is an important way to set the foundation for focusing and deepening your learning for the best possible outcomes.

This segment guides you through a simple exercise to focus your intention for the rest of the learning package.  The video is 35 minutes and will take approximately 1 hour to view and complete the exercises.

Access the video here.

Segment 2: Working with the Deep Essence Tool

This video presents 1 way of working with the Deep Essence Tool. As a multi-purpose tool, this is only 1 approach as a basis to begin your learning.

The video is just over 5 minutes and we recommend making 20 available for this self-study.

Access the learning segment here.

 

Segment 3: Origin Story

This video focuses on the origin of each of the frequently used tools in Genuine Contact. Some tools were developed by Birgitt Williams and others by other authors or traditions. In either case, this video also discusses the importance of the tool within the Genuine Contact way of working. The video is about 1 hour long and we recommend making 2 hours available for this self-study. The section on the Deep Essence Tool begins at approximately 18:30.

Access the learning segment here.

Real-Time Learning

Segment 4: Real-Time Learning

2 x 4 hours | February 23-24, 2023 | 8am - 1 pm EST (check local time zone)

This live learnshop is your opportunity to work together with others in deepening your work with the Deep Essence Tool, for yourself, for teams you are working within, and for organizations that you support as a facilitator, coach, consultant or leader.

Facilitation method for the workshop: Whole Person Process Facilitation, designed for the learning styles of the adult learner. The workshop will be online using a combination of Zoom for audio/video and Miro Boards for our collaborative workspace. Both Zoom and Miro can be used with their web-based applications with no software to download. For both, you can also choose to download and install their apps if you prefer.

New to Miro? Check out their "How to Start Collaborating with Miro" support post. The videos "Content Creation" and "Navigation" will quickly orient you to the basic tools and navigation of working with Miro (approximately 6 minutes total run time).

Zoom Login details will be provided 1 hour before the start-time each day. You can also add the event to your Google Calendar.

If you would like a simple orientation to Miro, please login 10 minute prior to our start time on February 23.

Post-Meeting Work

Learning through Application

To benefit the most from your learning, we recommend using the Deep Essence Tool immediately as soon as possible after your real-time learning. Use it in as many life and business situations that you can find to apply it to. As recommended in Segment 1: Preparatory Work, this is the time of implementing your learning, paying attention to how it unfolds, and then making adjustments to future applications based on what you have experienced and learned so far.

You can revisit your learning materials, including the recordings from the real-time learning segment, to support you in applying your learning.

The conversations happening in the Genuine Contact google group can also support you during this time. This ongoing email-based mentoring circle is a place where you can share your designs for working with the Deep Essence Tool to ask for feedback and share your stories about what worked and what didn't to support your adjustments for future applications. You can access this google group through membership in the Genuine Contact Organization. White Level membership is free and paid membership levels are also available that offer additional resources and other benefits. Contact the Director of the Genuine Contact Program to learn more or sign up as a member here.

Segment 5: Real-Time Mentoring Circle

3 hours | Facilitated Group Work Experience | Friday, May 19 at 9 am EDT

After learning through application for a few months, your learning is further enhanced by joining a mentoring conversation.

When you have the opportunity to gather with others who have also learned a particular skillset – to share your experiences, wisdom and insights and to ask questions where you still have more to learn – it offers all participants a possibility for ongoing and deepened learning.  As part of our commitment to ongoing learning for your leadership development, you are encouraged to participate in mentoring circles with a focus on working with the Deep Essence Tool.

You also qualify to participate in all mentoring circles about the Deep Essence Tool in the future. These mentoring circles are sponsored by the Genuine Contact Organization and offered without any additional fees for participation. Your participation is included in your original workshop registration.

Save the date in your calendar now (check your local time zone). You can register now for email reminders (this link takes you to the Genuine Contact website).

Also available as a recording for self-study approximately 1 week after the real-time event.

Additional Resources

These additional resources are intended to support your learning and work with the Deep Essence Tool.

To access additional resources for working with the Deep Essence Tool, join the international Genuine Contact Organization.