GROUP: Hudson Foundation for leaders from the non-profit community.
Presentation: Organization Workshop with the National HRD Network.
Organization Workshop, November 6-7, for NGOs and other not-for-profit organizations.
GROUP: An OW for Very Special Kids based in Melbourne. This is an organization that assists children with life threatening illnesses and their families.
GROUP: An OW for Starlight Children's Foundation managers.
An Organization Workshop with the Northern Region Team of CSS Disability.
GROUP: Masters and Ph.D. Students at Assumption University in Bangkok.
Since 1975 Power + Systems, Inc. has been providing high-impact leadership and organizational development programs to organizations and institutions primarily in the corporate sector. With the Worldwide Week of Partnership P+S is making its resources more accessible to the non-profit world.
Each year, during the third week in October, Power + Systems global network of trainers and consultants conduct pro bono workshops supporting the efforts of educational, charitable, service and advocacy organizations in their local communities. The goal of these events is to enhance the effectiveness of these organizations by increasing mutual understanding, respect, and cooperation both within these organizations and with the people they serve.
Throughout the week trainers will be conducting high-impact events developed by Barry Oshry for groups in their local communities. Most trainers will be conducting the Organization Workshop on Creating Partnership, others will be conducting the When Cultures Meet Workshop, and others will be making presentations and leading conversations focusing on partnership.
The meeting of diverse cultures – whether in the organization, community, or society – too often results in destructive conflicts, the suppression of one culture by another, WE versus THEM attitudes, wasted energies, and lost possibilities.
Trainer-led presentations and conversations focusing on subjects related to creating partnership. Critical issues are explored using, books, articles, and presentations based on the work of Barry Oshry. Sample subjects: Why despite best intentions do the same dysfunctional organizational patterns keep happening?
Worldwide Week of Partnership events have been held in cities throughout the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, Singapore, and the Philippines.
See the Worldwide Week of Partnership Facebook page .
Alex Smith and Ali Tocker conducted an Organization Workshop that brought together the Northern Region Team of CSS Disability and the Peace Foundation . CSS Disability provides support and strengthens communities so that people with disabilities are included in the life of the family and in their community. The Peace Foundation works to build peaceful relationships among people of all ages and cultures.
Lily Bowen and Rebecca McCord conducted an Organization Workshop on Creating Partnership for COMPASS Peacebuilders. COMPASS Peacebuilders supports Hartford area youth and provides an outreach to youth involved or potentially involved in violence.
Bill Wilson conducted a When Cultures Meet Workshop supporting the merger of two Episcopal parishes (St. James & Calvary) in Delaware County, PA. The workshop was conducted with the decision makers of the combined parishes toward the goal of creating a new parish, The Church of the Resurrection, Rockdale, PA.
Contact us if you’d like to work with us in making a partnership event happen for an educational, charitable, or service organization in your community.
W3P is a worldwide network of talented and dedicated consultants and trainers. In addition to their many gifts, they all have been certified to conduct the Organization Workshop on Creating Partnership and/or the When Cultures Meet Workshop, both developed by Barry Oshry. Throughout the year, their work may take these trainers to distant locations while working with many of the world’s largest corporations. During W3P, however, their energy is focused locally and on educational, governmental, service, and charitable organizations in their local communities.
Barry Oshry is a distinguished educator and a pioneer in the field of human systems thinking. He has focused his writing, teaching and research on the human systems dynamics arising when people are in top, middle, bottom, and customer relationships with one another.
My background is in technology and business; I've worked for some large corporations including General Electric and EDS. In 1992, I founded a successful data management consulting firm. We quickly incorporated an organizational development component because we observed that projects are more likely to fail because of power, political and process issues than because of the technology.
I live in Kuala Lumpur and deliver leadership development programs in the Asia-Pacific region both as a private consultant and as an Associate Faculty for the Centre for Creative Leadership. I am a firm believer in the ability of the OW (Organization Workshop) to provide valuable insights and perspectives and enjoy watching it work its magic.
I am President of CLS West, and an Associate Faculty Member at Royal Roads University, British Columbia, Canada. Clients and colleagues know me to be a passionate, dynamic and experienced facilitator of large group learning activities, conferences and systemic interventions. I am honoured and excited to contribute to the World Wide Week of Partnership!
Alesia Latson has been studying and practicing the art and science of leadership and organizational development for over 20 years. Through expert facilitation and personal coaching, she has developed hundreds of leaders at all levels to expand their management and leadership effectiveness as well as their leadership brand. She is appreciated for her insight, creativity, and her exceptional skills as a facilitator and coach.
In partnership with some wonderful colleagues I’ve brought the Organization Workshop to education, healthcare, environmental engineering, and non-profits. Another area of deep interest for me is designing and facilitating large group, task-focused meetings that activate whole system thinking.
"I would strongly recommend the workshop for any NGO that is seeking to make a significant positive shift in its organizational culture, close gaps between layers in the organization, take a positive approach to resolving issues etc. It really does provide an excellent opportunity for staff to experience life in someone else's shoes. The workshop will be reverberating for some time to come in our office!"