MINDFUL LEADERSHIP: The Path of Contemplative Dialogue
A training process for tending the spirit of communities and organizations. 

CONTEMPLATIVE DIALOGUE 
Organizations and communities have tremendous power and potential to impact our world. 
Yet, far too often our experience of them is disappointing at best, and destructive at worst. 
Bright, competent, caring individuals commonly feel stymied by ‘politics,’ bureaucracy and 
conflict in business, education, healthcare and church communities alike. 
This training process will develop and deepen participants’ ability to work with organizations, 
leaders and individuals, to respond more effectively to the obstacles and challenges they face. 
In essence, it uses the skills and theory of learning organizations and unites these with 
powerful contemplative practice from the great spiritual traditions. This synthesis creates 
broad new possibilities. 
The result is a consistent ability to touch and awaken a profound ‘common ground’ or ‘collective 
spirit.’  Participants describe experiencing dialogue and mutual understanding in ways they had 
not imagined or thought possible. With this ‘group spirit’ as a trustworthy starting point, 
issues of organizational mistrust, systemic and cultural blindness and individual powerlessness 
all become matters for cooperative and collaborative focus. The remarkable power of this process 
creates a safety in which participants can experience being their real and best selves in a group,
and work cooperatively for the common good. It provides groups and their members with a greater 
ability to engage and surmount the challenges they face, and to do so with integrity and compassion. 

TOPICS AND SKILLS: 
Engaging the Collective Mind of a Group. 
Awareness and The Human Person. 
Developing Organizational Consciousness. 
The Stance of Contemplative Dialogue: nonviolence, contemplation, reflective openness. 
Slowing the Inner Movement of a Group. 
Skills for Dialogue. 
The Undefended Self. 
Polarity Management. 
The Spiritual Context of Dialogue. 
The Life Frame: Seeing the Depth and Span of Collective Spirit. 

COST: 
Tuition is $ 675 US / $ 750 CA.  Tuition does not include room & board for 
residential sessions.   
$50 early registration discount for registrations received 60 days prior to event start date. 
All tuition and lodging is payable to The Centre for Contemplative Dialogue.

AUDIENCE: 
This training supports those seeking to enhance their effectiveness in leading, supervising, or 
facilitating communities or organizations and their members. 

LEADERSHIP: 
Edmonton residentials will be lead by Steven Wirth and Phyllis Woolley.  Auburn, California groups will
be led by Jean Holsten and Sandra Lommasson.

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Please mail to: The Centre for Cointemplative Dialogue, 1508 Stone Ridge Dr., Georgetown, IN. 47122-9104.  
Email application information to: sw @ contemplativedialogue . org (no spaces).
Call us at US 502-212-4311 or CAN 780-669-1256. 

Registration must include non-refundable deposit of $200 US or CDN payable to The Centre for Contemplative Dialogue. 
For additional info on Contemplative Dialogue please go to: www.contemplativedialogue.org 
or contact us at: info @ contemplativedialogue . org (no spaces).
12/27/2007