About the course
Shame is a powerful human emotion. It comes up when we feel unworthy like we are somehow not ‘good enough’.
As human beings, we’re wired for connection with others. As professionals and organisations, we rely on it to progress and succeed.
Shame adversely affects wellbeing, erodes connection and can be toxic for people and teams. It also comes in the way of inclusion and trust, creativity and innovation, meaningful collaboration and effective, sustainable change.
OUTCOMES FOR PARTICIPANTS AND ORGANISATIONS
Shame is one of the most intensely painful feelings and experiences, affecting us as individuals, teams and organisations. It is also taboo – not often talked about.
In this workshop we talk about shame – together.
Join us, if you would like to:
- Explore and understand shame and how it shows up for people and in organisations
- Examine typical shame processes, how shame is established and triggered as well as reactions to it and avoidance behaviour
- Develop awareness of self and others in organisations
- Learn how to recognize shame and relevant dynamics in behaviours, systems and organisational cultures and how it differs from ‘guilt’ and ‘embarrassment’
- Explore how to ‘de-shame the field’ to use a gestalt terminology and how to create ‘antidote’ strategies that unlock potential for relationships and teams in organisations to generate profound and positive change
- Gain confidence in confronting and transforming shame in organisations
- Find out about and experience key gestalt approaches and practice such as the power of working in the ‘here and now’ to enable awareness, meaningful relationships and effective communication and change
WHO IS THE COURSE FOR
The course is for people who are interested in ‘shame’ and how it plays out in organisational life. Also, people who work with groups or teams and in organisations wishing to develop insights, knowledge and skills in recognising, attending to and handling shame and guilt in an organisational context.
It is also for professionals already working with ‘shame‘, wishing to energise themselves and their practice, enhance the depth of work, further develop capacity and confidence or integrate some gestalt approaches into their practice.
The course attracts people from a range of professional backgrounds, generating rich and stimulating learning and practice. Programme participants include professionals working with people, teams and organisations such as coaches, OD and other organisational consultants, leaders and executives, NHS professionals, teachers, lecturers and others.
COURSE TUTORS
Christina Schuierer is an OD consultant and trainer with 25 years’ experience working with both a range of public and private organisations worldwide. With a Master’s degree in Organisational Psychology and an MSc in Economics, Christina applies the gestalt approach to her work, as consultant to development organisations, managing a small consulting company based in Berlin and the German office of Médecins Sans Frontières, and teaching at the faculty of International Universities and Institutes.
Richard Spence has worked globally since 2008 as an Executive and Team Coach with corporate giants and fast-growing start-ups in sectors ranging from Engineering and Advertising to Government. He is a coaching supervisor, teaches systemic Constellation work and is a Gestalt psychotherapist in private practice. Previously, Richard had a long creative career as a BAFTA-winning film and television director in the UK and USA.