October 10, 2007
"BECOMING A RESOLUTIONARY"
Conflict is costly and unproductive. One way to decrease the pollution of conflict is to learn the skills needed to:
¯ build trust and sustainable collaborative agreements
¯ quickly and efficiently resolve conflict
¯ prevent future conflict
¯ create effective relationships
If you’re frustrated and ready to empower yourself please sign up for this course. I promise it will provide the conversational tools you are looking for. If not, I'll immediately refund your tuition, no questions asked!
In my opinion, Stewart’s Resolutionary training course is one of the finest and most fulfilling bodies of work I have participated in. Bill Sanda, Lobbyist and Political Consultant
Stewart Levine is a resolutionary. He is a truly gifted man and his course is an effort to share his unique gifts with others. Being a resolutionary requires more than simply learning a new set of skills in communication, it requires something from you….call it an “attitude of resolution”. If you can provide that, he can do the rest. – Greg Hayne, “apprentice” resolutionary.
The “Book of Agreement” is "more pragmatic than (the classic) "Getting to Yes" - Leadership Journal
"The Cycle of Resolution" - Included in the Change Handbook, 2d Edition
“Getting to Resolution” is "a marvelous book" Dr. Stephen Covey
The Book of Agreement contains all the models you'll ever need to protect questionable relationships and nurture strong relationships. Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
Featured in the American Management Association Webinar: Tips for Conducting Effective Employee Evaluations
The course will consist of practical ways of thinking and conversational tools that prevent and resolve conflicts. You will Learn how to create strong personal and professional partnerships that will help you achieve what you want through the power of collaboration. At the end of the program you will receive a Certificate of Competence, you will be on your way to becoming a "Resolutionary” - competent to begin practicing the “Cycle of Resolution” in your personal and professional life.
The course is an interactive experiential learning program using ResolutionWorksOnline, a powerful custom designed e-learning program. The aim is building individual competence and a strong cadre of “Resolutionaries" who will prevent, resolve and teach conflict resolution skills using the conversational tools of the "Cycle of Resolution."
You will have the experience of using the models and tools with yourself, your significant relationships, your family, your organization and your community.
The program will last twelve weeks. It will begin and end with a ninety minute live webinar. It will include bi-weekly teleconferences and assignments; personal coaching; facilitated, archived electronic dialogue; and building of an on-line community. During the course of the program all the material in “ResolutionWorksOnline,” "Getting to Resolution," and "The Book of Agreement" will be covered. The real learning will come from the application of the tools and principles in your life as you create new agreements and resolve old conflicts.
You will be part of a network of providers that will train others. The goal: moving from a competitive to a cooperative culture through educating children, NGO’s, government and corporate organizations in the principles and actions of agreement and resolution. These groups will become a network of distribution channels.
I believe conquering “inner space” is essential for the next horizon of human engagement and productivity. How we get along with others on the ever shrinking planet will determine our survival. The potential to thrive depends on the challenge of harnessing our inner space. The vision is that we become extraordinary compassionate listeners embracing the words of the poet Longfellow:
"If you knew the secret history of those you would like to punish you would find a sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all of your hostility."
THE PROMISE: You will learn valuable tools and techniques; and you will grow personally in ways of being and thinking through using and internalizing the materials. You will increase your capacity as you free up energy and old conflicts are resolved and new agreements are created. Specifically we will cover:
I. The Playing Field
- The Nature of Conflict
- The Conflict Continuum
- Response vs. Reaction
- Anger and Aggression
- Sources of Conflict
- What is Your Personal Relationship to Conflict?
- The Cost of Conflict (The Business Case for Resolution)
- The Cycle of Resolution
II. Essential Communication Skills
- Building Trust and Keeping Promises
- Effective Listening Skills
- Essential Elements of Effective Communication
- Rewards of Effective Communication
- Strategic Communication: The SOFTEN Model
III. Steps to Resolution
- Step 1: Attitude of Resolution
- Step 2: Telling Your Story
- Step 3: Preliminary Vision
- Step 4: Getting Current and Complete
- Step 5: New Vision – An Agreement in Principle
- Step 6: New Agreement – The Vision in Action
- Step 7: Resolution
IV. Applying the Tools, Practicing the Skills
- The Laws of Manifestation
- Qualities of a “Resolutionary”
- Agreement Exercises
- The Many Applications of Agreements
- Observing the Collaborative Model in Action
- Resolving Conflicts - Old and New
- Planning for a Conflict Resolution (Action Worksheet)
THE VISION:
- Interactive and Participatory - Everyone will be a Learner and a Teacher; Reflections and Learning will be shared.
- Accomplished Learning Partners
- Developing "Core Conversational Competence" - a framework for reaching agreement and resolution in any situation
- Competence to teach the “Cycle of Resolution” with access to supporting material and the e-learning platform
- Practical hands on experience; how much you learn depends on what you are willing to resolve
- Expanding Learning Community with Coaching Resources
- Transformative
- Includes intrapersonal and relationship work providing the opportunity to expose and explore inner allies and demons!
- Experience held by a Personal Learning Agreement
WHO SHOULD ENROLL:
- Executives and Managers
- Entrepreneurs
- Trainers
- HR and OD Practitioners
- Mediators
- Lawyers
- People seeking fundamental life skills
MORE INFO/ ENROLL NOW:
http://www.resolutionworks.com
About Stewart Levine…
Stewart Levine is the founder of ResolutionWorks, a consulting and training organization dedicated to providing skills and ways of thinking people will need to thrive in the future. He spent ten years practicing law before becoming an award winning marketing executive at AT&T where he was recognized as a pioneer "intrapreneur." He uses his approach to form teams and joint ventures in a variety of situations. He works with individuals, couples, and partners, small and large organizations of all kinds. He has worked for American Express; Chevron; ConAgra; Deloitte & Touche; EDS; General Motors; Oracle; Safeco; University of San Francisco; U.S.Depts. of Agriculture and the Navy. His book "Getting to Resolution: Turning Conflict into Collaboration” (Berrett-Koehler 1998) was an Executive Book Club Selection; Featured by Executive Book Summaries; named one of the 30 Best Business Books of 1998; endorsed by Dr. Stephen Covey and featured in "The Futurist" magazine. “The Book of Agreement” (Berrett-Koehler 2003) has been endorsed by many thought leaders including Mark Victor Hansen, Harrison Owen, Geoff Bellman, Jim Kouzes, and Robert Fritz. It has been hailed as “more practical” than the classic “Getting to Yes” and named one of the best books of 2003 by CEO Refresher. The Cycle of Resolution will be included in the Second Edition of “The Change Handbook.” Stewart is a trainer IBI Global and The American Management Association. Look for his new book: “Collaboration 2.0” in November 2007.
http://www.happyabout.info/collaboration2.0.php
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