Basileia is a catalyst for learning and transformation at both the personal and organizational levels through learning programs and workshops, mentoring/coaching, facilitation, skills assessment and organizational consulting.

Learning Programs

Power-With Leader Development Program

The skills of power-with leadership are radically different than those of power-over/under, e.g.:

  • intrinsic motivation toward a shared purpose rather than extrinsic movtation (rewards and punishments)
  • connecting people to needs and purpose rather than getting others to do what the leader wants
  • responding consciously aware of needs rather than reacting unconsciously out of anger, guilt or fear
  • creating safety through connection and diversity rather than obedience and conformity
  • creating a culture of trust rather than fear

The Power-With Leader Development Program (PLDP) is a two-year program designed for people within businesses and non-profits to develop the skills and consciousness of power-with leadership. Grounded in the processes of Needs-Based Communication (NVC) and Dynamic Governance (DG), Level 1: "Leading Yourself" focuses on the core skills within each of these processes. Level 2: "Leading Others" applies these core skills to the more complex skill sets of facilitation, mediation, needs-based decisions, systemic feedback, etc. While NVC is often applied to personal healing or intimate relationships, this program is unique in its application of NVC to working relationships within workplace environments.


Level 1: "Leading Yourself"
A 12-Month Learning Program

The essential first step for the Power-With Leader is leading oneself: being aware when one is unconsciously reactive and transforming those moments to conscious response; being aware of how you show up in relationship to others or to the group as a whole ... finding where "power-over/under" lives in you and transforming it to "power-with."

"Level 1: Leading Yourself" was designed for people within businesses and non-profits who would like to learn the skills of needs-based communication and needs-based organizational structures. As the first level of a two-year leadership program, it focuses on the core skills of an integration of the processes of Needs-based Communication (NVC) and Dynamic Governance (DG).

"Level 1: Leading Yourself" opened for enrollments in July 2010.

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Join Gregg Kendrick in a teleconference to present information and host a Q&A session regarding the Power-With Leadership Development Program, Level 1 "Leading Yourself". Click on the dates and times below to register for the conference call.:

 

Level 2: "Leading Others"
A 12-Month Learning Program

In the second year of the program, we focus on applying the core skills of NVC and DG to leading others, whether that is leading another person, a team or an entire organization. Leadership in a needs-based culture moves from "power-over/under" strategies of control and compliance toward a "power-with" structure that is based on autonomy, inclusion, accountability, clarity and shared purpose. The essential skill of the "power-with" leader is based on one's ability to connect people to what matters within themselves, among their working relationships and within the organization itself.

This program is under development and expected to be open for enrollments in Fall 2010.

 

Group Learning Sessions

In conjunction with the NVC Training Institute, Basileia LLC offers the following experiential learning opportunities: 


Coaching

  • Individual coaching or mentoring
  • Group mentoring
  • Impromptu questions via email or phone that arise in day-to-day workplace applications

Skills Assessment

  • Personal Learning Assessment to give feedback on the learning process and personal development in NVC and DG skills

Facilitation

  • Demonstration of facilitation skills at any meeting or discussion
  • Facilitation of special meetings, e.g. board meetings, planning meetings, connection meetings, etc.)

Restorative Practices

  • Empathy: Supporting people in reconnecting with themselves when triggered or "stuck"
  • Mediation: Transforming interpersonal conflicts to mutual connection
  • Restorative Circles: Restoring connection among a community when there is real or perceived harm

Consulting

  • Developing needs-based objectives, strategies & systems
  • Provide tools and guidance for new organizational structures, e.g. circles, domains, aim, circle meetings, shared purpose, etc.

Learning Resources

  • Relevant books and CDs are often included in learning programs.
  • Various learning tools are available to support your learning such as online training, one-page summary sheets, and articles

 

 

Note that the terms “Needs-based Communication” and “Nonviolent Communication (NVC)” are used interchangeably on this web site. Our work is based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg which he calls Nonviolent Communication or Compassionate Communication. However, in our work with organizations, we use the term “Needs-based Communication” which we believe more clearly describes the intention of the process and its relevance to organizations.