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CONNECTIONS Group training events at Sutton Courtenay Abbey, near Oxford Summer 99 All events run from 1030 to 1700 with coffee and tea from 1000 ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ******* Dynamic Conservatism Resistance to change in organisations Sunday 2 May with Roger Casemore This workshop introduces a person-centred approach to change in organisational cultures. It will explore the nature of conflict between internal individual values and organisational values, and how these affect the management of cultural change. How do you you identify resistance and how do you surface it when it appears so often to be deeply embedded in the culture? What differences are there between conscious & unconscious resistance and what strategies can we develop to overcome them? The workshop will be mainly experiential with a mix of direct input with group and individual exercises. Roger is Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick. He has been a person-centred therapist for over 30 years and has been running his own consultancy for the past 6 years. His past work includes being Director of Government Quango and Director of Education for the Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. He is currently chair of complaints procedures in the BAC Council. ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* Group Supervision Models and Strategies for Practice Sunday 6 June with Michael Carroll While much counselling supervision literature and research is within the area of individual supervision (one supervisor and one supervisee), in reality group supervision is often the preferred option. It can be more cost-effective and a richer experience for those involved. However, there is little written about it and exceptionally little research in the area. This day will look in some detail at models and strategies in group supervision which will be viewed as having two tasks: supervising and creating a learning group. Group supervisors not only have to know something about supervision but must have working models of groups, learning within groups, group dynamics and how to harness the efforts of the group to facilitate individual learning. Group supervision is not a univocal term: there are a variety of ways in which it can take place all of which have their own dynamics: * group supervision for trainees * group supervision (consultation) for experienced counsellors * team supervision in a group setting * peer group supervision * group supervision across counselling orientation * group supervision across professions The training day will be an amalgamation of input, small group exercises, group supervision examples and an opportunity to review the dynamics within groups and how they can be marshalled in the learning process. Michael is a Fellow of BAC, a BAC Recognised Supervisor and a Chartered Counselling Psychologist. He works as a counsellor, supervisor, trainer and consultant to organisations. He has been Director of Studies in Psychology and Counselling at Roehampton Institute London where he directed the M.Sc. in Psychological Counselling. His book: Counselling Supervision: Theory, Skills and Practice was published in 1996 by Cassell. ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* Celebrating Cultural Diversity Sunday 27 June with Masana De Souza This experiential, participatory workshop honours the diversity of human beings within our "global village". Our society is vigorously searching for alternatives to the adversarial approach of dealing with cultural disputes. Negotiating from bases of power and fixed positions deepens the divide and expands the problem. The best and most lasting solutions and resolutions are those created by the people directly involved. By facilitating conciliation we can honour the participants and their perspectives. The day will offer the chance to reflect on your experience of conflict and its resolution, and engage in dialogue with a model of the "journey to conciliation" which will be interwoven throughout to produce a creative transformation of conflicts within ourselves and our lives. You can expect to learn new ways of experiencing and harnessing the wisdom of diversity in the group, to practise authentic communication and ways of dealing with prejudice, especially in the resolution of conflicts. Masana is an international organisation development consultant, mediator and facilitator who specializes in change management, consensus-building and conflict management. She has wide experience in designing, developing and managing voluntary organisations involved in mediation and family support projects in both Jamaica and Britain. She is an Executive Director of Mediation UK. A Winston Churchill Fellow, Masana recently returned from examining the way conflict resolution strategies are transforming South Africa. Contact: David Jaques, 7 Stanley Road, Oxford, OX4 1QY Phone 01865 724141 or 203255 Fax 01865 203255 email: [log in to unmask] Website http://www.treda.co.uk/connections David Jaques Educational and Organisational Consultant 7 Stanley Road Oxford OX4 1QY Phone/Fax (0)1865 203255 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%