Sitting With Not Knowing: Embracing the Heart of Nonviolent Communication
Sitting With Not Knowing: Embracing the Heart of Nonviolent Communication
Sitting With Not Knowing: Embracing the Heart of Nonviolent Communication
Article
3 - 5 minutes
Sitting with not knowing is an NVC skill because its the opposite of reactivity. In our haste to find relief from the discomfort of not knowing, we often become defensive, jump to conclusions, and blame and criticize others. Sitting with not knowing requires us to suspend our distrust, tolerate fear and uncertainty - creating space within us. NVC provides a way forward to enter into a space of wonder, possibility, and creativity.
NVC at Work: Transforming Organizations with Nonviolent Communication (6 Session Course)
NVC at Work: Transforming Organizations with Nonviolent Communication (6 Session Course)
NVC at Work: Transforming Organizations with Nonviolent Communication (6 Session Course)
Audio
6 - 8 hours
Listen and learn how to:
- Talk about NVC in a way that has meaning and relevance for companies and organizations, showing a clear ROI (return on investment).
- Draw on different applications of NVC for the workplace: addressing change in management, management issues / styles, morale / teamwork, employee retention, etc.
- Create a value-based training proposal (with different service and product options) based on the needs of each specific client.
- Structure meetings with potential clients to move agreements forward.
- Custom design any materials, activities and languaging for each client.
- Develop your own marketing materials to increase your outreach and build your business of sharing NVC
Street NVC: "Street Ease" Exercise
Practice Exercise
30 minutes
Listen to CNVC Certified Trainer Dian Killian guide and ease you into a more natural expression of empathy. This is a three person exercise. Listen in and then give it a try!
The “Let’s Work Collaboratively” Coaching Program (2020)
The “Let’s Work Collaboratively” Coaching Program (2020)
The “Let’s Work Collaboratively” Coaching Program (2020)
Video Conference
28.5 Hours (1.5 hours per session)
- Bring NVC to work in radical (and FUN) game-changing ways
- Enjoy greater collaboration with your colleagues
- Expand your team’s effectiveness
- Experience more empowerment and ease with your boss
Reframing OFNR for the Workplace
Audio
7 minutes
Listen in as Dian reframes the 4 steps of NVC (observations, feelings, needs, requests) into everyday words you might hear at work.
Facilitate Change: Using NVC to Create Social Change
Facilitate Change: Using NVC to Create Social Change
Facilitate Change: Using NVC to Create Social Change
Audio
51 minutes
Listen to this newly remastered audio with seasoned Life Coach and CNVC Certified Trainers Martha Lasley and Dian Killian, to explore how you can "be the change" in your life, to live fully in integrity with your values in your work, community, faith and social action groups.
Tip: Demystifying Empathy Guesses
Trainer Tip
6 minutes
Here's a quick tip to improve your empathy skills with empathy guessing.
Empathy Hacking: The Art and Science of Empathy Guessing
Empathy Hacking: The Art and Science of Empathy Guessing
Empathy Hacking: The Art and Science of Empathy Guessing
Video
45 minutes
Empathy guessing when I was new to NVC seemed magical and mysterious. How could that other person have known that about me? And seen inside me — often in ways I'd missed myself. While empathy is both intuitive and an art, there is also a science to it. In this brief yet fascinating introduction to Dian's course, Empathy Hacking, you'll learn a super-practical way to demystify empathy guessing by making use of the root meaning of words.
Living in Full Authenticity
Article
3 - 5 minutes
In life, relationships, and organizations, authenticity is the bedrock of effectiveness. It can give rise to effective dialogues, information flow, intimacy, accountability, decision making and follow through. NVC can give us more tools to live with rigor around our authenticity...
Curiosity, The Art of Waiting, and Finding Peace
Article
7 - 11 minutes
Sitting with uncertainty can be very uncomfortable and evoke anxiety. Or it can be a practice that brings in the curiosity and inner spaciousness that allows for creative solutions to emerge, and that help us to relax our attachment to outcomes. Here's a closer look...