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Martha Lasley

CNVC Certified Trainer from Ithaca, New York, USA

CNVC Certified Trainer from Ithaca, New York, USA

Martha Lasley, MBA, is a partner at the Authentic Communication Group, where she works with movers, shakers and changemakers to support profound transformation. She facilitates small groups to explore power dynamics, give and receive real feedback and create heart connection. Her passion is integrating Nonviolent Communication, Internal Family Systems, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Group Process Work.

She has authored three books: Coaching for Transformation, Facilitating with Heart, and Courageous Visions. As a founder of Leadership that Works, she trained coaches and facilitators for 20 years. She was on the faculty at Capella University for more than a decade, where she taught MBA courses including: Coaching and Developing Others; Facilitating Change; Leveraging Workplace Diversity; and Teambuilding.

As a certified trainer for the Center for Nonviolent Communication, she has had the privilege of leading many International Intensive Trainings with Marshall Rosenberg.

She lives at EcoVillage in Ithaca, NY, where she enjoys working with neighbors on social justice, cooking, and gardening.

Website: AuthenticCommunicationGroup.com

 

Latest NVC Library Resources with Martha Lasley

People find confrontation inspirational when done with full compassion and intention to support. To do this, transform your own judgments or distress, come with useful content plus spot-on timing, and the best interests of the receiver in mind. Read on for questions you can ask yourself in preparation for this, and more.

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With coaching or counselling clients, their resistance can show up as “bracing against” something. But if we push back against their resistance, we miss noticing what they're protecting or embracing. By going into resistance clients build awareness and often shift when they get clear about their underlying needs, and new choices. Some clients don’t shift even after we’ve tried everything. In that case, read on to learn about Frank Farrelly's "provocative therapy".

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How can we respond when we’re horrified by what someone says? How can we deepen our connection to our humanness and authenticity when the impact is hurtful? Read on to see examples of the three steps of "calling out", "calling in", and "calling forth".

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To express opposition without stimulating distress, stop judging and look for ways to honor, understand, and have compassion for others. You can do this by finding a point of agreement. For example, you can agree with part of what they said. Or if you completely disagree, you can express what greater understanding, inspiration, appreciation or empathy you have in response to what they're saying. Read on for more on this, plus, ten sentence stems to get you started.

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A challenge is an expansion of making a clear, positive doable request — and, when given, the person feels deeply seen by the challenger. A challenge isn't just about getting someone to take action on something important to them; it's a fierce form of empathy that supports people in connecting with their life force, and integrates it into their lives with action. A real challenge is tied to the receiver's goals, passions and dreams -- and expands their potential.

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