Conflict Coaching: an Introduction
From the daily tasks of managing hectic schedules or dealing with differences with team members, to the often overwhelming circumstances of helping vulnerable populations or working for social change, we are constantly encountering conflict.
This course introduces some of the key knowledge, attitudes, and skills that help us transform our own approaches to conflict, as well as strengthen our ability to support others experiencing difficult circumstances.
Who? For Supervisors, Team Leaders, Peacebuilders, Human Rights Defenders, Community Development Practitioners, and Psychosocial Workers
Relevance? Anyone working in conflict or other stressful environments, including those developing skills in: mediation, conflict coaching, cooperative networking, self-care, mindful interactions, supervision, and team building.
How? By exploring and applying key theories and methodology, we will develop tools and understanding applicable to intra/inter-personal and intra/inter-group conflict and stress. See the Unit Descriptions.
What? Training is participant-centered, and our learning builds on the experiences and skills of everyone in the room. Content is designed to impact all 4 domains of learning: Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills, and Habits. Activities encourage self-reflection and role-plays give many opportunities for application.
When? 4 Units, 2 days each, 8 am to 3 pm: August 24-25, September 21-22, October 19-20, November 16-17 2009.
Register by contacting Peace Bridges. How Much? $200 for all 4 units; $60 for individual units; includes materials and lunch.
Payment can be made in full or at each unit. Where? Peace Bridges, Phnom Penh.
See contact information below.Unit 1: Coaching for ReconciliationWorking from the theory that people in relationships are working either towards or away from reconciliation, these two days will give you tools to help understand the dynamics of conflicted relationships and awareness of options for the most constructive way forward. This unit builds on work of Carolyn Yoder, John Paul Lederach and others.
Unit 2: Coaching for Self-CompassionConflict is often full of overwhelming emotions, judgmental stories, and blame/shame. During these two days, we'll explore attitudes and skills that help us – and others - move from Self-Judgment to Self-Kindness, from feelings of Isolation to our Common Humanity, and from Over-Identification with our difficulties to Mindfulness of our lived experience. This unit builds on the work of Kristin Neff, Paul Gilbert, Marsha Linehan and others.
Unit 3: Coaching Across CulturesWe’ll explore how cultures we belong to impact our interpretation of other people’s actions. This will include looking at some typical traps contained in certain mindsets from our cultures and insights into ways to build empathy for people with a very different understanding to our own. We’ll look at how high and low context cultures often have different strategies for solving differences. This unit builds on the work of Michelle Le Baron, David Augsberger, Marshall Rosenberg and the experience of Peace Bridges in Cambodia.
Unit 4: Coaching, Power and EmpowermentPower is often a core issue during conflict, whether we are experiencing feelings of powerlessness or suffering from the misuse of power. In this unit, we'll explore our perceptions of the nature of power, where power comes from, and how power is used. We'll also explore the transformative mediation paradigm's conception of empowerment and recognition for conflicted parties. This unit builds on the work of Peter Coleman, Wendy Kroeker, Steven Wineman, Robert Baruch Bush & Joseph Folger, and others.
Training is facilitated by Barry Higgins and David Ketchum.
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