Genuine Contact Partner membership badge. The badge is a circle with an outer ring that has the words "Genuine Contact Partner" in green text on a white background and an inner circle with the Genuine Contact logo in it. The logo is a stylized letter G and C together on a green background.
GC Partner Membership (Green)

Partners are a group of dedicated members who feel connected to Genuine Contact and have the desire to sustain and increase their capacity in working the Genuine Contact way, whether as an independent consultant or in their work inside of an organization. 

 Annual Benefits:

  • Participation in our international email discussion forum to meet others and learn more about how they are working with Genuine Contact
  • Subscription to our newsletter with articles and special event invitations
  • Access to introductory resources about Genuine Contact
  • Invitation to our open meetings
  • access to a digital library for Learning About Genuine Contact
  • 10% members discount on many Genuine Contact program modules and specialized education offered by our members for working with Genuine Contact
  • Member Badge to display on your website and marketing materials
  • Enhanced profile in our Members Directory and shared on our social media channels
  • Access to a digital library of resources for working with Genuine Contact
  • Promotion of your profile as a member of Genuine Contact on our social media channels
  • Share up to 8 stories per year on our website and social media featuring your work and experiences of the Genuine Contact way of working

Partner members have taken at least 3 Genuine Contact program modules and have the opportunity to become authorized Genuine Contact Professionals; agreeing to work within quality standards for working the Genuine Contact way.

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Leading from a Place of Truth (Self-Study)
Leading from a Place of Truth (Self-Study)

There seems to be something magical in all of us that inspires us to lead our life in our unique way and informs our choices. This special purpose and path that only we have, can become nectar to our soul and our communities  – when we acknowledge, live and gift it wholeheartedly.

I unfortunately sometimes get overloaded with tasks, and as a result disconnect from my inner spark and while I might accomplish my to-dos I feel doubtful and exhausted.

Remembering one’s own leadership and purpose is heart and mind opening. Acknowledging our strength and talents and the contributions we are making heals our wounds and rejuvenates us. During the workshop, you will diagnose your personal leadership situation. You’ll (re-)connect to what is true for you – so you’ll lead even more from a place of truth – inspired and vitalized by your own leadership development.

You’ll be introduced to the Four Fold Way by Dr. Angeles Arrien – a holistic perspective on leadership, along with other tools from the Genuine Contact program.

You’ll leave this workshop with:

  • a refreshed sense of purpose
  • a clear vision of what supports you in your own leadership development
  • ideas how to nurture yourself so you can be of service to others
  • fresh thoughts to ponder about that spark your curiosity and excitement
  • revitalized sense of leadership

The Four Fold Way

Combining four archetypes with principles:

  • Show up, or choose to be present. Being present allows us to access the human resources of power, presence, and communication. This is the way of the Warrior.
  • Pay attention to what has heart and meaning. Paying attention opens us to the human resources of love, gratitude, acknowledgment, and validation. This is the way of the Healer.
  • Tell the truth without blame or judgment. Nonjudgmental truthfulness remains our authenticity and develops our inner vision and intuition. This is the way of the Visionary.
  • Be open to outcome, not attached to outcome. Openness and non-attachment helps us to recover the human resources of wisdom and objectivity. This is the way of the Teacher.

~ Dr. Angeles Arrien, The Four Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary

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Learning Centre: Leading so People will Lead
Leading so People will Lead (Self-Study Program)

Supporting you in developing your leadership for leading so people will lead

Gone are the days when leading so people will follow is sufficient. As organizations need to become more agile, innovative, collaborative, and perform well within the background of constant change, leaders are learning how to lead in the new leadership paradigm “Lead so People will Lead”.

This may make logical sense to you. A question lingers that this specialty workshop is designed to help you answer. The question that lingers is “am I ready to lead so people will lead?” This question is directly linked to “am I ready to let go of the control I have when I lead for people to follow?”

By participating in Leading so People will Lead, you will increase your capacity to meet the expanded leadership accountability needed in today’s performance environment of constant change. This workshop offers an important step forward in supporting leaders and their organizations to develop in a way to:

  • maintain a constant state of adaptability and flexibility
  • ensure gender equality
  • maintain organization-wide impeccable ethics
  • pay attention to economic, social and environmental good while thriving financially

During this workshop, you will be guided to:

  • discern the difference between leading so people will follow and leading so people will lead
  • develop clarity about your readiness to lead so people will lead and to coach/mentor others in being able to do so
  • determine your engagement with pioneering in the new leadership paradigm and what this means to your life and your business
  • construct a plan for yourself to assist you in your personal and business transformation
  • identify your next best step to guide you in implementation
  • create a mechanism for monitoring and adjusting your progress

Join us!

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Meetings that Engage
Meetings that Engage (Self-Study Program)

In this Genuine Contact Specialty workshop, you will learn a practical tool, the Transfer-In, that could be used at the start of a meeting (series) to help participants fully engage in the meeting with the topic at hand. You will experience and learn how this helps participants slow down to be able to go fast, how it reduces typical ‘wastes-of-time’ because of conflict, positioning and other dynamics and how it helps people to be aware of what intention brought them to the meeting.

When people come together to meet around a common purpose or activity, whether in organizations or communities, it should be exciting, energizing and come with great learning. Often though this is not the case. Meetings are felt to be boring, useless and people feel it was a waste of time. People even start to avoid meetings. Now, this is really a waste of the great resource of knowledge and experience that people bring when they meet together.

When we call people to a meeting we should make use of their whole being, all their experience and knowledge. We should invite them fully to allow for the best possible outcome.

Genuine Contact offers a way to fully engage participants in a meeting no matter what the meeting is about or what meeting method you use. In this online workshop, you will learn:

  • A deepening of your understanding of the importance of full engagement of meeting participants
  • An easy and playful tool to invite participants to fully engage in the meeting
  • A key aspect of the Genuine Contact approach to organizational success
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More Than One Story (Self-Study Program)
More Than One Story (Self-Study Program)

Come join and experience sharing stories with an award-winning card game while experiencing the power of using a Whole Person Process facilitated container for your favorite group facilitation methods.

In this online workshop, you will learn how to use an online version of the famous, More Than One Story (MTOS). We ‘learn by doing’ so you will be invited to listen to stories from others and share some of your life stories. MTOS is useful in many situations in your work or private life – to build relations and deeper understanding between individuals in a group. It can be used both online and in person.

You will learn:

  1. The card game More Than One Story.
  2. How to use the meeting container Whole Person Process Facilitation (WPPF) to play the game in small or large groups.
  3. How and when you can use MTOS in your own organization or private context.

MTOS has received the Council of Europe’s Democracy Innovation Award, among others. It has been used around the world for more than a decade. It has been translated into 20 languages and more than 70,000 card decks have been spread around the world.

In 2020, your workshop facilitator, Thomas Herrmann, collaborated with the originator in the municipality of Simrishamn, Sweden to create a website so this game can be used online. Together, they also discovered the value of adding a facilitated meeting container to create more safety, presence and to harvest results. Whole Person Process Facilitation, the preferred meeting container, is one of the methods taught in The Genuine Contact™ program.

If you’re already familiar with Whole Person Process Facilitation, in this workshop you’ll experience how Thomas uses a WPPF container to support working with MTOS…and perhaps be inspired to consider how you can use WPPF to support the value of some of your favorite methods and techniques for participatory conversations. If you’re new to WPPF, you’ll have the opportunity to experience it in action, all while learning about a fun and engaging card game that builds relationships amongst communities of people…and maybe be inspired to learn to facilitate using Whole Person Process Facilitation too.

With MTOS you create space to look again. When you listen to more than one story about a phenomenon it creates more diverse, wide, and deep perspectives.

You will have many opportunities to use this game both professionally and with friends. It can be part of building a common culture in your organization, increasing relations, or ’just’ making better friends.

Thomas has decades of experience as a Genuine Contact trainer and facilitator. He discovered MTOS in 2015 and introduced it to several organizations. One example is an NGO in his hometown that supported newly arrived refugees. MTOS was successfully used for years and helped us to get to know each other and build trust and understanding.

Join this workshop and use your learnings in the future. Together we create a better world!

Facilitator: Thomas Herrmann

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Genuine Contact Supporter membership badge. The badge is a circle with an outer ring that has the words "Genuine Contact Supporter" in black text on a white background and an inner circle with the Genuine Contact logo in it. The logo is a stylized letter G and C together on a black background.
Supporter of GC Member (White)

The Supporter of Genuine Contact membership group is perfect for those who have been recently introduced to Genuine Contact and are interested in learning more about the Genuine Contact way of working. Get started in your explorations with:

  • Participation in our international email discussion forum to meet others and learn more about how they are working with Genuine Contact
  • Subscription to our newsletter with articles and special event invitations
  • Access to introductory resources about Genuine Contact
  • Invitation to our open meetings

Supporter members do not need to have any previous experience with Genuine Contact. This free membership group is open to anyone with an interest in learning more about Genuine Contact.

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Unearthing Your Conduct as a Leader
Unearthing your Conduct as a Leader (Self-Study Program)

This workshop will provide you with insight into your “conduct” for leading yourself successfully to accomplish your vision. Whether you work within an organization or are the leader of your own business, it is important that the way you act is aligned with your deeper values, purpose, and spirit of intent.  When your conduct is consistent each action helps you create what you would like to see in your life and world.  When you have developed a conscious awareness of this alignment it will help you in each decision you make as you move as a leader on your path.

During this workshop, originally recorded in November 2019, we will use the Deep Essence Tool from the Genuine Contact program to:

  • guide you into clarity about your own conduct to help you see where you are in balance and where you are not.
  • draw to your consciousness how to align your conduct to that which you want to bring into the world.
  • Deepen your understanding of how your unique conduct is linked to your experience, and become clear on where you may want to make adjustments to help you become more consistent

This will help you to DO Leadership – to develop a consequent set of actions that are consistent with your deeper purpose and vision.  It means developing a way to conduct yourself, a way to be that feels in harmony with what you are creating.

The English word Conduct elegantly describes this combination of action harmonized with your deeper values and purpose in the world.  Conduct is what helps you to move in new directions when you don’t know what to do.  It is what guides you in your difficult decisions when it is unclear which path to choose, it is the set of behaviors, structures, assumptions and values that guide you in daily life. It is something you DO internally and something that is experienced by others who interact with you.  When your conduct is consistent with this purpose and vision it acts as a guide you can trust to lead you to the right action.  When it is inconsistent you can enter into confusion, this will be experienced by you and those around you.

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