Path to Organizational Health and Balance Workshop: Foundational Module 1 of the Genuine Contact Program

Welcome to the Learning Hub for Path to Organizational Health and Balance.  This is Foundational Module 1 of the Genuine Contact Program.

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, March 24 & 31, 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: Discerning your Business and/or Development Goal. Plan for 1 hour.
  • Segment 2: Basics of the Path to Organizational Health and Balance. Plan for 2 hours.
  • Segment 3: Deeper Look at the Path to Organizational Health and Balance. Plan for 2.5 hours.
  • Segment 4: Origins of the Genuine Contact Tools. Plan for 2 hours.
  • Segment 5: Five Beliefs of Genuine Contact. Plan for 30 minutes.
  • Segment 6: Real-Time Learning. March 24 & 31, 2023, 4 hours workshop (9am - 1pm EDT - check local time zone)
  • Learning through Application
  • Segment 7: Real-time Mentoring Circle. 3 hours. Date: June 9, 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 tools used in this learning module
  • supplementary reading materials

 

Workbook

Every Genuine Contact Program module includes a workbook designed to support your learning both while taking the module and as you being working with its teachings. While each Genuine Contact Trainer can facilitate the learning of a module's teaching objectives as they wish, all workshop participants receive the same workbook to support common learning experiences.

Download the Workbook for this Module Here - be sure to have it available as you work on Segments 2 and 3.

Pre-Work

Segment 1: Preparing 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 24 minutes and will take approximately 1 hour to view and complete the exercises.

Access the video here.

Segment 2: The Basics

Suggested Time: 2 hours | For self-study

This self-study segment focuses on:

  • the costs and benefits of organizational health and balance
  • how worldviews can impact the way we lead and experience organizations
  • tools for understanding organizations from a holistic perspective

The video is 45 minutes, and will take approximately 2 hours to view and process your learning.

Access the learning segment here.

Segment 3: A Deeper Look

Suggested Time: 2.5 hours | For self-study

This video’s focus is on exploring more deeply working with organizations on the Path to Organizational Health and Balance. The video is approximately 1.25 hours long and we recommend making 2.5 hours available for this self-study.

This segment focuses on:

  • the Medicine Wheel Tool as a way to understand an organization holistically
  • using the Service Delivery Model to understand business goals holistically
  • how to design a session for working with an organization in their understanding of the importance of organizational health and balance (2 hours and 1 day designs)

Access the learning segment here.

Segment 4: 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.

Access the learning segment here.

Segment 5: Five Beliefs of Genuine Contact

This video’s focus is on the Five Beliefs of Genuine Contact and focuses on exploring what these beliefs are and how we at Dalar International Consultancy work with them in our work and our lives.

The video is just over 15 minutes and we recommend making half an hour available for this self-study.

Access the learning segment here.

Real-Time Learning

Segment 6: Real-Time Learning

2 x 4 hours | March 24 & 31, 2023 | 9am - 1 pm EDT (check local time zone)

This live learnshop is your opportunity to work together with others in deepening your work with the Path to Organizational Health and Balance, 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 March 24.

Post-Meeting Work

Learning through Application

To benefit the most from your learning, we recommend using your learning from the Path to Organizational Health and Balance 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: Preparing for Your Learning, 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 Path to Organizational Health and Balance 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 7: Real-Time Mentoring Circle

3 hours | Facilitated Group Work Experience | Friday, June 9 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 Path to Organizational Health and Balance.

You also qualify to participate in all mentoring circles about the Path to Organizational Health and Balance 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 Path to Organizational Health and Balance.

To access additional resources, including in other languages, for working with the Path to Organizational Health and Balance, join the international Genuine Contact Organization.