WORKSHOPS
Cultivating
Community
at Work
MODULE 1: THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
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The physical and emotional impact of threats.
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Exploring the fears behind those threat reactions.
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Basic needs are threatened: Life, Value, Comfort, Community
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What is the Big Question behind these needs?
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Change can threaten the basic needs.
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STOP: Respond rather than react.
MODULE 2: THE PAIN WE CARRY
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Defining and describing pain.
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Emotional pain makes people uncomfortable.
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When pain translates to threat.
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Unhealthy ways of protection from experiencing pain.
5. The consequences of avoiding pain.
6. It takes courage to sit with pain.
MODULE 3: WHY KINDNESS IS SCARY
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A closer look at the basic need of value.
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Internalized messages about value.
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Competing for value.
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Feelings of invalidation or failure lead to shame.
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What is the Big Question behind value?
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It takes courage to live from a place of intrinsic value.
MODULE 4: HOW TO LEARN MORE AND KNOW LESS
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“Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.” -Mark Twain
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Dr. William Perry created a model to help us understand the various stages of ethical and intellectual development.
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Some decisions are merely preferences and do not have ethics attached to them.
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Reactions give us clues to unexplored intellectual or emotional territory.
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It takes courage to wrestle with reality.
MODULE 5: A CONVERSATION ABOUT POWER
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We are not responsible for the oppression of the past, but we are responsible to make changes for a better present and future.
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There is power in being part of dominant culture.
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There is a difference between being underprivileged and difficult life circumstances.
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It takes courage to acknowledge our privilege and even more to address it.
MODULE 6: THE POWER POINT
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Work structures influence power dynamics.
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Considering the basic need of value in light of employee relations.
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Most anger stems from entitlement; mine or yours.
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Shame prevents us from addressing power dynamics.
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It takes courage to address power dynamics at work.
MODULE 7: ENERGY OF THE MIND
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Many people feel drained a lot of the time.
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Constant feelings of threat can lead to emotional fatigue.
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Media has a significant impact on emotional fatigue.
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Staying busy keeps adrenaline high in order to avoid feelings and problems.
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Willpower is not typically effective in making changes.
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It takes courage to release control over old practices and embrace new ones.
A Safer
Workplace
Reformatted for use in a corporate/organizational setting from the internationally successful Mentors in Violence Prevention program out of UNI, Cultivating Community at Work: A Safer Workplace utilizes a highly interactive and sensitive approach to difficult topics such as gender stereotyping, abuse versus respect, sexual harassment, consent, and how to respond when witnessing these behaviors.
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Works best as a full day workshop but can be modified.
Custom Topics &
Consulting
What are the issues causing stress for you or your organization?
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Melissa Vine is available to address topics related to conflict, stress, anxiety/depression, wellness, reaching goals, underlying tension, misuse of power, and organizational transitions.
Customized for your needs.