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A PRODN Special Learning Event

Martha Isobel LaskPeter NorlinCoach as Witness: A New Look at Coaching

Lessons Learned from
Authentic Movement

HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LOW ENROLLMENT

Co-facilitated by Martha Isobel Lask and Peter Norlin

PRODN invites you to spend the day with Martha Isobel Lask and Peter Norlin as they help us to understand and increase our impact as coaches through a different lens for learning: through embodied, physical experience and kinesthetic awareness.

Based on the work of three stellar pioneers, John and Joyce Weir, leaders in the self development field, and Mary Starks Whitehouse, who created Authentic Movement, Martha and Peter will help us discover how the act of witnessing significantly contributes to the development of successful coaching relationships. Effective coaches consciously “see in a special way”. This session is designed to introduce and investigate the assumption that how a person is seen strongly influences the outcomes of a coaching relationship. Martha and Peter believe that individual change occurs with the help of focused, external acknowledgment and that if a person wishes to sustain long lasting change, a witness is needed in that process.

Martha and Peter will introduce the history, core dynamics, and guidelines of Authentic Movement; set up a safe, compassionate learning community; provide several opportunities to practice moving and witnessing; and lead a structured exploration of the implications for the coach as witness.

What is Authentic Movement?

Authentic Movement is a structured process that requires two roles, a mover and a witness. In silence, with eyes closed, the mover simply notices and follows whatever impulses he or she finds in the body to move or be still. At the same time, the witness, sitting on the periphery of the space, watches the mover, following these guidelines:

  • Paying focused attention. (Intention)
  • Selecting key behaviors to observe and watching mindfully. (Precision)
  • Taking accountability for personal assumptions and reactions. (Vigilance)
  • Working to suspend judgment and evaluation. (Care)

Movers and witnesses then reverse roles, and later engage in a dialogue about their experiences in each role.

For both mover and witness, playing these distilled roles sharpens an awareness of the variety of perspectives available for observing and understanding behavior. Authentic Movement is an excellent practice field to explore and refine the witnessing skill because, through a nonverbal practice, we are led into a different kind of attention.

What Will Participants Learn?
  • Experience the impact of a movement-based approach to learning.
  • Use the structure and process of Authentic Movement as a practice field to explore the role of the witness.
  • Sharpen their awareness of the specific mindset and behaviors needed to become a trustworthy witness.
  • Identify the connections between witnessing and coaching.
  • Explore ways to enhance their effectiveness as coaches through sharpened witnessing skills.

Who Should Attend?
  • Professionals who use coaching in their work
  • HR Professionals
  • Training and Development Professionals
  • Coaches
  • Facilitators
  • Dance Therapists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Social Workers
  • Consultants: Internal and External
  • Any who is interested in learning through physical experience and kinesthetic awareness

NOTE: No previous dance experience required.

Who are The Facilitators?

Martha Isobel Lask focuses her independent Organization Development practice on executive coaching, mentoring and facilitating dialogue between diverse groups in the public and private sectors. Martha has over 30 years of training in dance, movement and bodywork. She holds a certificate in Authentic Movement/Contemplative Dance from Amherst, MA, and an MSOD from American University/National Training Labs. Martha facilitates individuals and groups in the practice of Authentic Movement and combines Authentic Movement with her coaching practice.

Peter Norlin has spent over 25 years as both an internal and external consultant, working in partnership with individuals, groups, and whole systems to help them to embody leadership; to move values into action; and to create mindful, spirited, flourishing workplaces. Through the years he has served a wide variety of customers, in corporate, government, and not-for-profit settings, from two-person partnerships to Fortune 100 companies. He has a M.S. in OD from Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he is member of the NTL Institute and a principal in GreenLeaf Associates.

What Others Have to Say

“Because we used our bodies, the learning was deeper and enhanced for me. It heightened my senses, awareness and choice points. Plus, it was fun!”

Lonnie Weiss, Weiss Consulting“

"Moving and witnessing expands your repertoire and the way you see. It gives you access to a greater range of possibilities. The way I see is different as a result of taking this series.”

Ferne Kuhn, Kuhn Consulting Group

“Witnessing has heightened my awareness about the judgments I often carry about self and others. I also found that engaging in movement provides a wonderful method for centering oneself and being more emotionally available."

Nancie Zane, Praxis Consulting Group, Inc.


Registration

 

Prior To April 27, 2004:

April 27 – May 7, 2004

PRODN

Non PRODN

PRODN

Non PRODN

Workshop, Continental Breakfast, and Lunch

$125.00

$145.00

$145.00

$165.00

Logistics

Registration

 
Friday, May 7, 2004

8:30 (Registration/Continental Breakfast)
9:00 to 4:30 (Program)

Location:

McCall Golf and Country Club, Upper Darby
201 N. Lynn Blvd., Upper Darby, PA
610-734-7903

Directions:
http://www.mccallgolf.com/directions.htm

Questions?

Tricia Steege
tsteege@transformstrat.com
610.296.0453

 

 

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