Responding to Conflict
This workshop series is ideal for groups that work together in some form. We generally offer it as an online training, however, we may be able to arrange and in person training also.
Please contact us if you have questions or would like to explore the possibilities!
Please contact us if you have questions or would like to explore the possibilities!
About this training
Conflict can be hugely painful, hurtful and traumatic. And, we believe, it is essential feedback to any group about its ways of being and the systems within it and outside of it. It's also always going to be with us, in our families and friendships, our romantic relationships, our work, our groups and our global society. Working with conflict is essential to deepen connection and for personal and collective transformation and liberation.
How we respond to emerging conflict can be a game changer: we can help de-escalate tensions, and support the group to find a generative way of engaging with the conflict that's emerging. We believe learning to see conflict as an opportunity for growth and being willing to address tensions together is some of the most important work we can do in our groups. Conflict can help us transform power dynamics in our groups and create ways of being together and meeting our purpose, that truly work for everyone.
In this training, we cover:
This course will not make you a conflict mediator. We hope that it will make you feel more confident and comfortable when conflict emerges in the groups you're in.
Who is this training for?
This training is for groups wanting to create social, climate, ecological or economic change. It's for people who want to support their group to make great decisions, benefit from the wisdom of all their members, and have lasting impacts with the work they have chosen to do. This training can be held for one group, a mix of groups, or facilitators specifically.
Some of the values that underpin this course are:
We aim for this course to be trauma sensitive, by:
Cost
We don't want finances to stand in the way of groups accessing this training, and as trainers we have financial needs also. We try to hold both by being in dialogue about what feels good and possible for folks to pay. See more on money here.
Duration
We offer 5x2.5 hour sessions online with some extra time for integration and practice - ideally 5x1 hour sessions between the main sessions.
About the facilitators
Jana has been, and Roz is, involved with Navigate.
How we respond to emerging conflict can be a game changer: we can help de-escalate tensions, and support the group to find a generative way of engaging with the conflict that's emerging. We believe learning to see conflict as an opportunity for growth and being willing to address tensions together is some of the most important work we can do in our groups. Conflict can help us transform power dynamics in our groups and create ways of being together and meeting our purpose, that truly work for everyone.
In this training, we cover:
- ways of increasing our capacities to be with conflict
- the impact conflict has on our bodies and how conflict manifests in groups
- an alternative understanding of conflict and what it means
- tools to respond to it - as you notice it in yourself, and in a group you’re in
This course will not make you a conflict mediator. We hope that it will make you feel more confident and comfortable when conflict emerges in the groups you're in.
Who is this training for?
This training is for groups wanting to create social, climate, ecological or economic change. It's for people who want to support their group to make great decisions, benefit from the wisdom of all their members, and have lasting impacts with the work they have chosen to do. This training can be held for one group, a mix of groups, or facilitators specifically.
Some of the values that underpin this course are:
- Moving from individualised blame towards systemic transformation, or: moving beyond call out and cancel culture to non-punitive and yet power aware ways of being with conflict
- Believing that we're all trying to do our best to meet our fundamental needs, and sometimes the ways we go about that are flawed, hurtful or harmful
- Honouring our own boundaries and responding to our needs is in support of the whole
- Re-gaining choice about how to respond to conflict is a contribution towards our own and our collective liberation
We aim for this course to be trauma sensitive, by:
- Offering participants choice about activities they do, including participanting in breakout rooms
- Acknowledging and inviting in the wisdom of the group - we don't know everything
- Attuning to the group and individuals with warmth and compassion
- Inviting in moments of self-reflection and self- and co-regulation
- Offering multiple ways of engaging and contributing
- Being transparent and clear as possible about what you can expect :)
Cost
We don't want finances to stand in the way of groups accessing this training, and as trainers we have financial needs also. We try to hold both by being in dialogue about what feels good and possible for folks to pay. See more on money here.
Duration
We offer 5x2.5 hour sessions online with some extra time for integration and practice - ideally 5x1 hour sessions between the main sessions.
About the facilitators
Jana has been, and Roz is, involved with Navigate.
You are so talented in creating a collaborative learning community in such a short space of time. It was amazing to hear colleagues of mine who were a little cynical at first, find they’d learnt so much by the end.
Interested to see if this training could work for your group or organisation?