Retreat/Training Programs

We are strong as our weakest link – Build cohesion and community

Looking through the lens of your family or group’s professed mission, learn the natural barriers to team productivity and strategies to overcome them. Through presentation and experiential activity, gain knowledge and wisdom in establishing trust, competence and accountability. Learn dynamic skills both as a cooperative team player and as a leader for the collective success of all members.

Examine beliefs and attitudes about conflict and become equipped with a foundation of knowledge and skills to resolve it with respect and dignity. Using a model of interaction, this training prevents, reframes, and manage crisis: how to manage oneself, avoiding the misuse of power and meet one’s own and another’s needs. Participants explore the use of the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument. Through presentation and skills practice, leave with skills for de-escalation, intervention, and a tool belt of options for successful conflict resolution.

From creating a fresh, empowering vision to specifying goals and timelines for implementation, learn the process of planning strategically. This training offers a participative, consensus-based model following 4 steps:

• Mapping a practical vision,
• Identifying underlying blocks,
• Setting strategic directions
• Establishing an Action Plan

As needed, may include forming Mission Statements and analyzing Environmental Trends.

Being a leader means following the highest standard of service and challenging oneself to always model it, building genuine relationships of respect and care, and encouraging others to strive for their best. Key is knowing one’s personal beliefs and standards, then in humility communicating them effectively, regardless of circumstances. Learn how principles of leadership and communication are interwoven. Sharpen core skills of listening, intercessory prayer, silence, assertive exhortation, and debriefing to facilitate understanding. From emailing to group meetings, learn practical strategies for negotiating complicated situations.

Good coaching is a relationship, one that can influence and shape all aspects of a person’s life and the quality of life for a family or community. This dynamic process and its best practices are examined to support and sustain improvement in behavior and performance. Learn strengths assessments, learning objectives, defined roles and responsibilities, clear expectations, feedback, and understanding motivational factors for behavioral change. “Six critical steps” are practiced using a structured, team learning approach including discussions on follow-up, confronting disciplinary issues, and corrective actions.