Birgitt Williams and Ward Williams created the Genuine Contact program and approach in the late 1990s. Since then, one or more components of Genuine Contact has been taught to thousands of people around the world, with more than 100 authorized trainers now conducting this work in the world. The people who have participated in this training make up the Genuine Contact Community and can self-select to become Co-Owners of the program. The Genuine Contact program and approach are underpinned by the Genuine Contact Way.
We all have personal rules for engagement with other people. We may be consciously aware of those rules, we may make them explicit, or they may be unconsciously conducted and definitely implicit instead of explicit. I made a point some years ago of studying my personal rules for engagement, making choices about the ones I wanted to keep for a … Read More
If you are aware of that you are in a situation where conflict is being caused…the moment when it seems to begin, you might wish to put that brakes on that conflict before it goes further and becomes disruptive…even for generations and even with people who are not present with you right now. Find a way to signal to the … Read More
As a coach and mentor, a frequent theme that emerges in discussions with clients is the theme of abandonment. As adults, as people in leadership positions, many people have their buttons pushed if they feel abandoned. Imagine how this plays out in the workplace in even simple ways. Someone is expecting a communication back from a peer. The email or … Read More
