relational leadership skills for building engagement, commitment and growing capacity in teams, organizations and communities

The Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter

a 2 day intensive on the patterns and practices to design powerful processes and effective communication

Relational leaders in business, government or NGOs, build connections through a genuine interest in others and by cultivating long-term relationships. They are collaborative, engage value-added exchanges and create environments that are generative and responsive to emergence. They know how to build high performing teams and get sustained results.

They recognize human beings have enormous untapped knowledge and resilience. Sustainable solutions to the challenges we face lie in the wisdom in our teams, organizations and communities. Tapping into this wisdom can bring about innovation, sustained relations and new ways to act together.

Lead by Engaging

The Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter offers patterns and practices to lead by engaging; to use interactive methods in working with your teams, within your organization, with partners or collaborators or in community. This 2 day AoH Intensive provides an experience to deepen competency and confidence in hosting group processes – Circle Practice, World Café, Open Space Technology and other forms.

You will have the opportunity to apply what you learn to design a meeting or project using the Responsive Planning Framework. This will demonstrate what it means when we say “80% of the work happens before you ever get in the room.” You will learn how to construct powerful questions, host conversations using those questions and harvest the outcomes, all core practices and skills in the Art of Hosting.