| (Optional: 1 Day Train the Trainer Certification
following the
1 day Workshop)
There is probably no more significant set of issues facing
us in our organizations, communities and the world today than
the challenges raised by the coming together of differing cultures.
This process of merging cultures – whether stemming from the
merger of organizations or from two business units needing
to interact with one another or from the entry of increasingly
diverse populations into the workplace or from organizational
expansion to multiple countries – inevitably disrupts the status
quo. Feelings and reactions are generated on all sides that
regularly heighten interpersonal tensions and diminish overall
organizational effectiveness.
This learning event offers you the opportunity to take advantage
of attending the “Merging Cultures” workshop and then have
the option to obtain certification in to deliver the workshop.
Do not miss this opportunity to experience/become certified
by the creators of the Organization Workshop in this latest
and very timely learning event!
| What is the Workshop About? |
The Merging Cultures Workshop addresses the productive
possibilities and the pitfalls in the merger process.
This
workshop explores the central role dominance plays in this
process. The dominant culture is “the way it has always
been” in the workplace. The dominant culture has its “rules”
– generally unaware and unspoken – regarding what is acceptable
and unacceptable behavior, speech, dress, emotionality,
values, and more. And into this culture come the “others”
with their own “rules”. When we don’t see or understand
these differing cultures and their rules, we inadvertently
push “hot buttons” that trigger misunderstanding, conflict,
and stereotyping, all of which derail the goals of working
together. |
| Who Should Attend? |
- Internal and external practitioners who are
involved with working change issues across cross-cultures
- Human
Resource managers
- Business Line Managers
|
| Why Should You Attend? |
This workshop helps members of differing cultures
deepen their understanding of and master the process
of coming
together so that they are able to develop a single, unified,
high energy organization. It generates the knowledge and
skills necessary to make the merger process successful,
creative and enriching.
You
will learn how to:·
- Clarify
the role dominance plays when two cultures come together
- Identify
“hot button” issues that trigger misunderstanding across
cultural lines
- Apply a road map for creating a
single robust human system in which cultural differences
add to the creative energy of the system
|
| What’s the Format? |
The workshop is a blend of experiential activities and
debriefing, strategic frameworks, and application. A dynamic
simulation gets to the heart of issues faced by both Dominants
and Others as these two cultures meet in the workplace. |
| Why Should You Get Certified? |
Those who have been certified in other Oshry programs
can attest to the thoroughness and power of the content,
design, and materials.
By getting certified, you will:
- Be
qualified for licensing by Power and Systems, Inc.
to deliver this proprietary workshop.
- Develop the knowledge
and skills necessary to deliver the Merging Culture
workshop
- Receive reproducible material for conducting the
Merging Cultures
workshop
|
| Who is Barry Oshry? |
Barry Oshry has
been creating and delivering insightful, powerful,
down-to-earth learning opportunities
for 4 decades.
He began his work in the 1960s at Boston University where
he developed large-scale organizational simulations for
undergraduates in business. Throughout the 1960s, Oshry
continued his research at BU and at NTL Institute's Management
Work Conferences and Community Laboratories. In 1970 he
created the Power & Leadership Conference (Power Lab)
and since the mid-1970s he has developed and conducted
organizational simulations with Tops, Middles, Bottoms
and Customers that have been used to create "system
sight" for organizations and institutions throughout
the world. Oshry is a recipient of the David L. Bradford
Educator Award.
His workshops are characterized by:
- A
human systems approach that fundamentally transforms
the way we view the many social systems of our lives.
- Learning
processes that move people from the destructive consequences
of system blindness to system awareness, empowered
personal change, and constructive systems change.
- High involvement
experiences, producing visceral learning that sticks.
- Dealing
with the reality of organizations as people experience
it, having practical payoffs for personal and organizational
effectiveness. Not "pie in the sky."
- A
focus on working together in partnership across boundaries.
- A
perspective that challenges us to attain our higher-order
possibilities as people and organizations.
- Opportunity
within the workshop to begin action planning that
applies what you have learned.
To learn more about Barry Oshry’s
work, see http://www.powerandsystems.com |
To attend the Train the Trainer Certification, you MUST
BE certified in the Power and Systems, Inc. Organization Workshop
to attend this Train the Trainer
| Registration |
Prior
to May 23, 2003 |
May 24 - June 3 |
| |
PRODN Members |
Non PRODN Members |
PRODN
Members |
Non
PRODN Members |
| Workshop
Only |
$135.00 |
$155.00 |
$155.00 |
$175.00
|
Train
the Trainer Certification
(1 Day Workshop included in
price) |
$825.00 |
$845.00 |
$845.00 |
$865.00 |
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