The Power of Difference: Work Challenges
Audio
5 minutes
How do you bring empathy and authenticity to uncomfortable work situations when there are so many layers of difference – especially if your primary reason for working is to feed your family and pay your bills? Listen in as Roxy opens participants' eyes to some of the many layers of difference we all deal with on a daily basis.
Working for Transformation without Recreating the Past: Social Change and Nonviolence - Introduction
Working for Transformation without Recreating the Past: Social Change and Nonviolence - Introduction
Working for Transformation without Recreating the Past: Social Change and Nonviolence - Introduction
Audio
1 hour
Want things to change in your community, but feel frustrated or don’t know what to do? Miki’s intriguing overview of how to apply the principles of NVC to social change movements may have the exact blend of inspiration and ideas you’re seeking!
How to Create a “Living” Organization
Audio
1 hour, 5 minutes
Listen to this interview with Gregg Kendrick and one of his clients to learn how to successfully introduce NVC into an organization that is unfamiliar with the concept. Gregg’s client, Dale Neikirk, will be sharing how NVC has supported and improved the results of his insurance company, through Gregg’s masterly facilitation.
Applying NVC to Social Change Movements
Audio
50 minutes
Want things to change in your community, but feel frustrated or don’t know what to do? Miki’s intriguing overview of how to apply the principles of NVC to social change movements may have the exact blend of inspiration and ideas you’re seeking!
Covert Compassion
Audio
7 minutes
Interested in bringing NVC consciousness to your workplace, but want to use a natural and conversational way of speaking? Listen in as Jeff describes three specific skills you can apply immediately: #1: How to express your understanding of a co-worker’s needs; #2: How to apply the three dimensions of needs in a business setting; and #3: How to make a Symbiotic Request that acknowledges holding multiple needs.
Creating Collaborative Organizations
Audio
55 minutes
Miki will take you step-by-step through four vital systems that support radical collaboration and foster meaning. You’ll learn how to design a decision making process, create clear statements of intent, and create a process for resolving conflict.
The Essentials of Using NVC in Business
Audio
5 minutes
Miki responds to a 2014 NVC in Business Conference participant’s question concerning the focus on needs over other aspects of NVC in business communication.
Fear of Negative Consequences
Audio
8 minutes
Miki responds to a participant’s question concerning fear of consequences when speaking with a manager at work. In this excerpt, she delves into the topic of choosing to inhabit nonviolence in the workplace, affirming that fear and nonviolence are incompatible, and that nonviolence is a powerful alternative to our habitual Fight, Flight, Freeze responses.
Workplace Series: Supervisors Giving Feedback to Others
Workplace Series: Supervisors Giving Feedback to Others
Workplace Series: Supervisors Giving Feedback to Others
Audio
11 minutes
Creating a trusting connection and keeping the line of communication open are the primary prerequsites for giving feedback as a supervisor. Listen to Miki work with a course participant to ready herself for an upcoming feedback session.
Workplace Series: The Distinction Between Giving Feedback and Wanting to be Heard
Workplace Series: The Distinction Between Giving Feedback and Wanting to be Heard
Workplace Series: The Distinction Between Giving Feedback and Wanting to be Heard
Audio
9 minutes
Listen to Miki make an important distinction between giving feedback, which is grounded in a desire to contribute to another, and our own need to be heard.