Path of Contemplative Dialogue

Certification Practicum For Contemplative Dialogue
Facilitators & Trainers
A 2 year competency based certification program
April 2007 - April 2009
$4,500 US or $5,200 CAD

Organizations and communities have tremendous power and potential to affect our world, yet far too often our experience of them is less than positive.  Bright, competent, caring individuals frequently feel stymied by “politics” and conflict in business, education, healthcare, and church communities alike.

Path of Contemplative Dialogue is a tool for addressing many of the core difficulties in groups and organizations today – those things that go unstated in staff meetings, the barriers that limit our ability to vision, produce, set and achieve goals.

One of the most important tools for true collaboration is true dialogue. But true dialogue between people of different gifts, talents, perspectives and values is one of the most elusive aspects in most organizations.  The Path to Contemplative Dialogue is a training program designed to give organizational leaders an experience of true dialogue and the training to facilitate that kind of dialogue in their own organizations.

Contemplative Dialogue uses the skills and theory of learning organizations and unites these with powerful contemplative practice from the great spiritual traditions.  The result is an ability to reach mutual understanding, collaboration, and cooperation at the individual and corporate levels. 

Authentic dialogue as learned and practiced in The Path of Contemplative Dialogue retreats: 

• Helps people to work together for the common goal as opposed to advocating for their own position.
• Helps people to share their particular expertise and skills in a way that leads to finding a common vision for the team or organization, and then working together towards that goal.
• Helps facilitate a level of communication that allows for each individual to be fully present, engaged and to interact with integrity.
• Allows for diverse opinions to be articulated without dividing or devastating people.
• Facilitates efficient, productive meetings as less time is wasted on politicizing, strategizing and dealing with unspoken barriers.
• Helps work through issues of personal and organizational mistrust
• Allows the spirit of the organization or group to reveal itself as a building block for collaborative and cooperative interrelationships.

Path of Contemplative Dialogue Resource Manual
(September 2004 version)

This manual contains support and introductory background material used in 'The Path of Contemplative Dialogue' training work. (PDF - 647 kb. Download)

In partnership with the Centre for Contemplative Dialogue we are offering facilitator training for the first time in 2005-2006. Contact us for more information.

Spiritual direction is not just for individuals.
See Tending the Spirit Together

For more information on Contemplative Dialogue visit:
The Centre for Contemplative Dialogue

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