Lewis Deep Democracy is a cutting edge facilitation, decision making, conflict resolution and inclusive leadership methodology. It specifically aims on surfacing undercurrent, including all voices, for the main purpose of achieving breakthroughs in seemingly impossible-to-solve issues.
It is “democratic” because it emphasises that every voice matters and that decisions are wisest when majority and minority voices are both valued. It is “deep” because it goes far beyond the engagement with ideas and instead surfaces emotions, intuitions, attachments, and identify issues that make a conversation more honest and real.
Effectively managing team work and group dynamics is often not easy. Problems are often encountered in the following areas:
Decision making
Gaining real commitment to act
Listening and breakdown in communication
Openness to alternative views
Dealing with diversity, tension and conflict
Deep Democracy offers an innovative way of dealing with group dynamics and provides a method for making effective decisions, dealing with conflict and enabling inclusiveness.
Our team are accredited facilitators, trainers and supervisors in the Lewis Deep Democracy methodology.
We deliver inhouse training customized for organizations’ needs
We facilitate small/large group dialogue to discuss challenging issues, resolve interpersonal and team conflict to strengthening relationships and facilitate executive team meetings to support decision making and engagement
Designed for facilitators, coaches, consultants and trainers, the Lewis Deep Democracy program offers a series of courses equipping participants with the know-how and skill to understand relationships and group dynamics, facilitate collaborative decision making and resolving conflict. The courses are both theory and skills based and comprise a pathway from Level 1 to Level 4, with each level strengthening participants’ capabilities to facilitate group processes.
Through participating in these courses you will:
Gain a completely new way to understand group and relationship dynamics
Develop advanced skills in facilitation and collaboration
Learn to facilitate in a way to gain real commitment and engagement through participation
Develop skills to support groups to make more effective decisions, understand and identify when and how resistance build
Learn to facilitate processes that enable groups to engage with tension and conflict and experience the transformative potential of conflict
All Deep Democracy courses are highly experiential with a focus on creating awareness of individual behaviour and the power in the group. You will immediately be able to put the learning into practice after completing these courses.
Who is it for?
Trainers, facilitators, executive and team coaches, consultants and change agents
Leaders and professionals in all sectors who lead change or coach others through transformation and change, and who wish to bring a systemic perspective into their work
CoResolve is a 3-day course for leaders, managers, facilitators and coaches who find themselves working with interpersonal, team and client dynamics. Based on the foundation of Lewis Deep Democracy, this course gives leaders the theoretical background and experiential learning opportunities that they need to begin using the powerful tools of the Lewis Deep Democracy in their day-to-day work environments.
CoResolve training increases leaders’ capacity to succeed in leading complex social systems by helping them to understand group dynamics and by offering practical tools for working with differences in a group, making effective decisions and by increasing their conflict literacy to turn destructive conflict into creative tension.
You will learn to:
Harness the power and collective intelligence of the group by enabling everyone to express their views and improve decision-making whilst maintaining your authority.
Work with the minority voices and understand the deeper meaning behind those that say ‘no’
Create safety in both large and small groups for the difficult conversations that need to take place
Read the dynamics of a group, pick up on the early signs of resistance and emerging conflict that bloc a group’s process and act in a timely manner to reduce tension.
Understand the obstacles to good communication and build the foundations for shared understanding.
Resolve differences of opinions and conflicts effectively; learn to unleash the creative potential that lies within every conflict.
Who is it for?
Experienced and emerging leaders, managers, facilitators, coaches and change agents
Designed for facilitators, this program is aimed at enhancing the practice of facilitators by growing their understanding of group dynamics and building their skills in working with groups where there is tension and conflict and where there is a need to make effective decisions, support meaningful conversations and create opportunities for personal and societal change.
Accredited Facilitator Program will strengthen facilitators’ abilities to provide the “holding environment” needed to work safely with tension and conflict; to support conversations that have the potential for transformative learning and to facilitate effective decision making processes.
The program will provide facilitators:
With the professional support needed to anchor their learning, reflect on practice and support personal growth.
To become an licensed LDD facilitator
Opportunity for have access to monthly supervision in small groups with an Elder of the Lewis Deep Democracy community.
Who is it for?
The Accredited Facilitator Program is designed for those wanting to:
Gain formal accreditation as a facilitator who is competent and skilled in the tools and theory of Lewis Deep Democracy
Gain the confidence and ability to work with individuals and groups where issues are polarised and there are high levels of tension
Receive regular support and supervision for their facilitation, ensuring their ongoing professional development
Completing Lewis Deep Democracy Level 1 and Level 2 training and IKM assessment are prerequisites to being accepted to the Accredited Facilitator Program.
CoAchieve focuses on developing relationship skills required in dyadic relationships where there is a power differential. It draws from Lewis Deep Democracy method as well as the practice of coaching to create a practical and effective tool kit to help leaders navigate the challenging task of developing their employees through coaching and mentoring, whilst also ensuring effective performance. CoAchieve focuses on developing the intent skills needed for leaders to deal with paradoxes inherent in the dyadic relationships with their team. CoAchieve is a learning package developed specifically for leaders who manage teams to deliver high performance.
You will learn:
Relationship skills required in dyadic relationships where there is a power differential
Practical and effective tools to help you navigate the challenging task of developing your employees, whilst also ensuring effective performance
How to facilitate the learning and development of your employees through coaching and mentoring
How to support change and transformation by demonstrating and supporting role fluidity
How to resolve differences of opinion, tension or conflict that arise while working with your employees.
A practical flow that will enable you to have coaching conversations with your employees
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