How to Be A Workplace Where People Learn and Grow
When an organization creates enough psychological safety to encourage learning, people are more likely to experiment, take risks, make mistakes they can learn from, and as a result, come up with innovative and unexpected solutions to complex problems.
Nine Tips for Giving Good Feedback in the Workplace
Feedback is very important. It is the way we learn, grow and become the people we want to be. Regular and supportive feedback helps people shift out of fear and experience it as an opportunity. You can create a workplace culture where feedback is welcomed, expected and part of the norm.
CoResolve: Introduction to Deep Democracy
May 24, 25, 31 and June 1, 2023
Co-facilitated by Camille Dumond and Brook Thorndycraft
Online
CoResolve training increases leaders’ capacity to succeed in turbulent times by offering practical tools for working with differences in a group and turning destructive conflict into creative tension.
When Anger Comes to Work With Us
A psychologically safe and conflict capable workplace is one in which people are supported to express and receive anger (and other emotions) in ways that deepen understanding and help everyone make better and more equitable decisions, without creating an environment of fear and distrust.
On Polarity: The Complexity of No Right Answer
A polarity in conflict is a disagreement that is fundamentally unsolvable, because there is no clear right or wrong answer. A polarity becomes a conflict because people care deeply about the outcome, and their underlying ideas, values and beliefs pull them strongly to one side or the other.
How To Be A More Trauma Informed Workplace
Trauma is very common in the workplace, and many workplace cultures make it worse or even create it. Learn tangible steps for building a trauma informed workplace culture that supports people’s safety, belonging and dignity.
Why We Avoid Conflict in the Workplace
Conflict is unavoidable. It is a natural part of human interaction. When we try to avoid it, we usually make it worse. The best thing you can do to improve your team dynamic is develop your own capacity to engage in conflict, and support others to do the same.
Generative Conflict: Leadership Skills for Healthy Workplaces
Online. Tuesdays October 2 to November 20, 2023.
What if you were able to approach conflict as a source of learning, creativity, and possibility rather than as something to fear and avoid? Learn skills to support your team to have generative conflict.
What to do if “No One Wants to Work Anymore”
People are pushing back against the narrative about work that it is normal and expected to go above and beyond, stay late, commute an hour each way, and demonstrate excellence in everything. Many parents are no longer willing to miss a birthday or the school play because of a deadline. Leaders are having to catch up with this change to support engagement and healthy workplaces.
How a Workplace Came Back Stronger from a Crisis
Andrew, Enviro’s Director of Operations, knew that something major needed to be done to support healing after a formal complaint of bullying and harassment led to an investigation. They needed a solution to the immediate crisis, but he had a bigger vision than that. He wanted to build a healthy workplace culture where people could collaborate respectfully, disagree constructively, and feel safe enough to learn from feedback.