About this course
In Practice is the second course of the Gestalt in Organisations programme.
Relational skills, strategies and tools offer powerful benefits across organisational life – from strengthening communication and collaboration to navigating complex dynamics, managing change, and handling challenging conversations.
This course is designed for those ready to build on the foundational principles and practices of the Core Concepts course of the programme.
Delivered in three blocks of two days, the course offers a focused, immersive journey to advance your relational skills and ability to influence organisational dynamics and create effective change. It leads you to a deeper personalised and practical ability to apply the Gestalt relational and humanistic approach to real-world settings and make impact, whether as a manager, leader, professional, part of an OD function or as an Executive coach in organisations.
In Practice adds additional Gestalt lenses to further your understanding of what generates and blocks energy and engagement, connection and change. There is also time in each module to work on your own current organisational situations with input, feedback and points for action. And there is continuing enquiry into your own strengths and growth areas to up your confidence and skill to take this approach into your work as a resourced leader or practitioner.
With two tutors to ensure individual and group learning, In Practice helps you make the most of a unique opportunity for professional development.
COURSE OUTCOMES
- Gain greater awareness of yourself, others and organisational dynamics.
- Increase your capability to use yourself and your awareness as tools for change.
- Absorb and apply powerful Gestalt principles such as The Paradoxical Theory of Change to broaden your range and impact.
- Grow your insight into groups and teams, how to empower and influence with presence.
- Enhance your emotional and social relational intelligence, along with ways to handle challenging conversations and team dynamics.
- Develop your current work projects through fresh diagnostics, designing interventions and applying the course learnings iteratively between modules.
- Understand, reflect on and grow your strength and courage to lead and facilitate change wherever you work.
- Gain a deeper understanding of yourself, along with insights into your style, practice, and impact through personal reflection, peer review, and feedback, supported by a personalised development plan for continued growth and professional development.
One-to-one coaching opportunities available (optional – not included in the fee)
WHAT PARTICIPANTS SAY
“A dynamic blend of theory, practice, and self-awareness. It took me beyond the basics, linking personal insight with the complex realities of organisational dynamics. I gained a new understanding of how relationships, team dynamics, and organisational culture interact—and how I can influence them with confidence and clarity.”
Clinical Lead, NHS Hospital Trust
“Gestalt transformed how I understand and work with group dynamics. It’s not just about learning concepts—it’s about seeing the hidden patterns and understanding what truly drives behaviour in teams and organisations. This programme showed me how to create space for real change, moving beyond surface issues to the deeper forces at play. I left with tools that I use every day to unlock new possibilities.”
Senior OD Consultant
“Offers a distinct take on how people make sense of the world of work. The approach is very thoughtful, theoretically grounded and highly practical. In my experience that is a rare mix. It has equipped me to work more ‘relationally’ – raising awareness of how we relate to each other as we make sense of what’s going on at work – which helps us to get things done.”
Executive Coach and Recruiter of Senior Executives
PROGRAMME FACULTY AND TUTORS
Christina Schuierer is an OD consultant and trainer with 20 years’ experience working with both a range of public and private organisations worldwide. Christina applies the Gestalt approach in her work, consulting 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.