If you run an organization, work in one or
consult to other organizations this workshop
is for you. Whether it is a business,
family, school or community, the same
interpersonal issues always seem to arise.
Traditional explanations for these 'issues'
operate at the personal level ("they" are
incompetent, unmotivated, unwilling,
unskilled, etc.) and therefore our solutions
are also personal (fix, fire, rotate or
restructure "them" or the organization).
Unfortunately, these changes rarely resolve
the issues permanently.
In contrast, the basic premise of this
workshop is that the vast majority of these
'issues' are not personal at all - they are
natural (almost unavoidable) outcomes of the
way our systems are structured - the
environmental conditions these structures
create and our lack of awareness of the
impact of these conditions. Come explore a
new perspective that transcends the "us and
them" mentality and challenges us to
creatively take responsibility for the entire
system, as well as our part within in it.
In this interactive session we'll
explore and experience:
- The unseen 'environmental spaces' we call
Top, Middle, Bottom and Customer
- The behavior encouraged by these
environments
- The valuable distinction between
personal/psychological and
systems/environmental explanations
- How these different groups impact each
other
Participants will leave with:
- Insight into the hidden dynamics that
drive what happens
- New language and perspectives for
observing, discussing and
managing team and interpersonal interactions
- Tools to manage your
team or organization more creatively
- A direction to head in order to truly
transform organizational life
About Phil Nimtz: Phil's 15+ years
helping organizational leaders and teams
develop effective relationship and
communications skills has taught him that in
addition to our conscious choices,
unconscious and systemic forces also drive
individual and group behavior. Few people
wake up thinking, "Today I will focus on
unproductive and negative behavior to ensure
the failure of our group goals". Through his
philosophy of "holding a larger frame", Phil,
President of Equinox
Coaching, helps his
clients develop awareness of, and gain some
control over, these previously non-conscious
forces. Phil has worked all over the world to
this end for clients such as AT&T, American
Express, MIT's Sloane School of Management,
Sankyo Pharma, Merck, the American Automobile
Association and the Massachusetts Department
of Education. You can reach Phil at
pnimtz@equinoxcoaching.com.
