Conversational Leadership Workshop
20 – 22 September 2019
What is Conversational Leadership?
Conversational Leadership | David gurteenConversational Leadership is about how we respond to the complexity of the world we’re living in. It’s about taking responsibility for the changes we want to see, and recognising that none of us can do that alone.
By practising leadership through dialogue, we bring in different perspectives, we listen, we question, and we learn and think together. In this way, dialogue becomes the means by which we create the possibility of a better world.
If you would like to learn more see the home page of this blook on Conversational Leadership but of course the best way to learn more is to take part in the workshop.
Workshop Description
In this three-day workshop will learn how to design and convene authentic conversations both in-person and online, you will learn how to speak openly and respectfully – producing increased connection, collaboration and the ability to make sense and respond to your toughest challenges.
You will be offered leading-edge conversational techniques as well as numerous experiential-based conversational practice and feedback sessions.
You will learn:
- the principles that underpin Conversational Leadership
- how to better converse with people, network, and build relationships
- how to influence and be influenced by others in conversation
- how to design, convene and hold conversations
- how to create psychological safety for conversations
The Elevtham Conversational Leadership workshop | September 2019
The Facilitators
Nancy Dixon
Nancy Dixon works with organizations to create conversations where knowledge transfer/sharing happens, where knowledge is created, where innovation arises. She believes trust is the bridge on which knowledge travels between people so she focuses on ways to create trust and a safe space for conversation, whether online or face-to-face.
Nancy helps groups in organizations have more productive conversations to address on-going problems or to more effectively share their knowledge, whether those conversations are in a team meeting, a conference setting or the retrospect of a project. The key is not a better meeting agenda, it is in creating an environment where members feel safe to offer ideas or layout concerns. She designs gatherings where trust is prevalent.
David Gurteen
David Gurteen is a keynote speaker and conversational facilitator.
He works in the fields of knowledge management, organizational learning, and conversational leadership. He gives keynote talks, designs and facilitates Knowledge Cafés and runs workshops around the world.
He is best known as the creator of the Gurteen Knowledge Café – a conversational process to bring a group of people together to learn from each other, share experiences and make better sense a rapidly changing, complex, less predictable world in order to improve decision making and to innovate.
John Hovell
John Hovell is a leader in the convergence of Knowledge Management (KM) and Organization Development (OD) and the CEO and co-founder of STRATactical. He is a practitioner, speaker, and author in OD/KM strategies and their application to current challenges.
When and where
Venue: The Elvetham, Fleet Road, Hartley Wintney, Hook, RG27 8AS, United Kingdom (see map below)
Schedule: Friday, 20th through Sunday 22nd September 2019
THE ELVETHAM
The Elvetham, Hampshire, England
LOCATION
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