Lewis Deep Democracy - Level 3  Going Deeper

About the Course

Level 3 is designed to deepen and further integrate your practice of Lewis Deep Democracy, the simple and yet profound approach to working with group dynamics, decision-making, and conflict. It is designed for anyone who sees the generative power of conflict and wants to support groups to engage inevitable tensions in service of becoming more empowered, aligned, healthy, and resilient. Level 3 strengthens your ability to work with deeper, more emotionally charged dynamics.

NOTES: 

• Completion of Level 1 and Level 2 are required before advancing to Level 3. 

Course Outcomes

This course will introduce you to and give you practice in the following skills:

• Reflective Listening: a simple yet transformational tool for applying the Lewis Deep Democracy toolkit to working with individuals. Helping to reflect back what is being said, so that your colleagues or clients can uncover their own unconscious wisdom and deeper knowing. This is the basis for LDD style coaching and one-on-one support.

• Naming Polarities: in situations of complexity, there are always inherent polarities that can either be the basis of division and silos or the basis of learning and growth. When we effectively act from an understanding of “role theory”, our “meeting etiquette” skills to help make tensions visible to groups early, they can be viewed in a way that shifts us from fear and fragility to connection and solidarity.

• Surfacing Perspectives: when emotional dynamics escalate, it becomes difficult to see and hear each other clearly. As a leader, we can use this skill set to help slow things down and bring dissenting and emotional voices into the group’s awareness with compassion and clarity.

• Unhooking: when we are holding the space for group action, learning and/or healing, we may get caught up and lose our “Metaskills” or our ability to maintain an attitude of compassion and equanimity for everyone in our groups. When this happens, trust and safety erode. We will offer a simple and powerful tool to help us unhook our reactive patterns and regain our capacity to hold safe spaces for conflict engagement and deeper learning.

Details

Format & Duration: In person (2.5 days)
Group Size: up to 25 participants

Cost: $900 CAD standard rate (limited solidarity spots available)

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