The missing link for most organizations in the move to optimal organizational effectiveness is in the very foundation or “operating system” of the organization. The Genuine Contact™ program provides the opportunity for leaders and organizations to assist their organizations to heal and to increase their skills, capacity, and competence in achieving optimal performance.

The Genuine Contact™ program provides a holistic approach to business success. The holistic approach offers the opportunity for organizations of all kinds to achieve collective direction and movement inspired by their creative energy towards increased success.

Workshops can be taken individually to provide the skill, capacity, and competency development you are currently seeking, or you can commit to your personal and professional development by taking the entire series.

The Genuine Contact™ program assists our graduates to lead meetings to achieve the following:

* Transforming the corporate culture to one that fosters high achievement, high performance, innovation, creativity and high staff morale

* Making the most of the human potential within the organization and those within its “value chain”

* Developing high performing leadership teams

* Renewing purpose, vision, and philosophy, and integrating them into the organization quickly

* Establishing strategic directions and integrating them into the organization quickly

* Having organization wide participation in planning and implementation of the plan including all stake holder groups

* Preparing for a merger or the ending/termination of the organization or department

* Collaborating strategically between organizations and between departments

* Strategic planning and master planning

* Resolving and moving beyond hostility and conflict

* Communicating risk and developing risk management processes

* Preparing for accreditation

* Developing market opportunity assessment processes and acting on them quickly

* Designing and developing strong position platforms for government funding and lobbying

* Developing new products

* Integrating human resource considerations into the corporate plan

* Developing innovative sales, marketing, and customer service strategies

* Creating long term customer loyalty

* Improving work processes, work design, teamwork, and management practices on a continuing basis

* Implementing new programs, policies and procedures

Workshops can be offered in-house in your organization for maximum organizational benefit or taken individually for personal skill and capacity development. Dalar International Consultancy offers the Foundational Workshops publicly in a 9-day learning intensive through the Spring Academy each March. The Advanced Level Workshops are offered publicly every 3 years in a two-week learning intensive through the Autumn Academy. The next Advanced Level Workshops will be offered in September 2008 and September 2011. The Spring and Autumn Academies are offered in Raleigh, North Carolina USA. The Train the Trainer workshop is offered annually in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.

Genuine Contact™ Program Workshops
Foundational Workshops	Advanced Skill Genuine Contact™ Workshops	Graduate Level Workshops
Path to Organizational Health & Balance (4hours) Can be taken as a singular workshop No pre-requisite Cost: $50 March 17	The Genuine Contact™ program Session 1 of 4: Working with Open Space Technology (4 days) Can be taken as a singular workshop No pre-requisite. Cost: $700 September 19-20 & 27-28	Certification to Teach the Genuine Contact™ Program (10 days) Pre-requisite: Sessions 1-4 of the Genuine Contact™ program. Cost: $1,500 September 21-30 This workshop is beneficial to those seeking to master their work with the GC program and approach even if you don’t intend teaching the program. Note that there are no annual or licensing fees. Graduates are co-creators of the program and can choose to become a co-owner.
Achieving Organizational Health & Balance: Diagnosis & Regeneration (2 days) Can be taken as a singular workshop Pre-requisite: Path to Org Health & Balance Cost: $300 March 18 - 19	The Genuine Contact™ program Session 2 of 4: Whole Person Process Facilitation (3 days) Can be taken as a singular workshop No pre-requisite Cost: $400 September 8-10
Individual Health & Balance for Leaders, Managers, Consultants, and Facilitators (4 days) Can be taken as a singular workshop Cost: $650 March 21 - 24	The Genuine Contact™ program Session 3 of 4: Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution (2 days) Can be taken as a singular workshop No pre-requisite Cost: $400 September 11-12
Holistic Leadership Development (7 days: 5 days in an intensive workshop plus two days of follow-up on- to-one coaching) Pre-requisites: Achieving Organizational Health & Balance, and Individual Health & Balance for Leaders & Facilitators Cost: $3,500 March 27-31	The Genuine Contact™ program Session 4 of 4: The Genuine Contact Organization Pre-requisite: Working with Open Space Technology Additional benefit but not an essential pre-requisite is knowledge of Whole Person Process Facilitation Cost:$900 September 15-18

To register for one of these workshops, please download the registration form. For more information about the Trainers' Mentoring Circle and Genuine Contact International Mentoring Circle please visit our Special Events Calendar.

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For workshops in other locations please view the Calendar for workshops offered by Genuine Contact™ professionals.

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All of our workshops are also offered as in-house trainings, and many are available as private sessions for your team with Birgitt or Ward Williams, in a beautiful natural setting in Raleigh, North Carolina. Check the individual workshops for more specific details.