CONSULTING WORKSHOPS DEVELOPED BY GROUND-BREAKING AUTHOR, PETER BLOCK

Peter Block’s bestselling book Flawless Consulting is often called ‘The Consultant’s Bible’.

It is the ultimate guide to getting your expertise used, whether you are an internal or external consultant!

FLAWLESS CONSULTING 1 : CONTRACTING Build productive working relationships with clients

Through the skills developed in this popular two day workshop, you will learn that there is more room for you to operate as an equal with your clients than you ever thought possible. You can in fact, create organisations where you want to live. You will leave with confi dence and renewed optimism in your ability to do the consulting work you love, with clients that you can infl uence.

Develop a simple, clear and independent picture of the situation FLAWLESS CONSULTING 2 : DISCOVERY

This highly interactive workshop will develop feedback and decision support skills that increase your ability to have a strong and positive impact on your client’s business results. You will become deeply immersed in the material through interactive simulations with other attendees. You will also have the opportunity to experience a full feedback meeting, and work as part of an actual consulting team to practice contracting meetings, data collecting interviews and feedback meetings.

Workshops in CAPE TOWN, JOHANNESBURG and DURBAN July, August, September, October and November 2011

2 Day Workshop: 08:30 - 17:00 • INVESTMENT: R 7,000.00 + VAT Every participant must have the “Flawless Consulting” book.

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Contact Johleen for more info or to book on 021 913 3507 or johleen@symphonia.net

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me being at the helm. It was part of my own inflated sense of capability and importance and it was holding me back from what I really wanted to focus on. About 18 months ago we created an opportunity for business leaders to contribute to the development of school principals. The mechanics were that we paired an experienced business leader with a principal. We shifted the approach away from the traditional fix, tell, guide and direct to a more holistic one of being interested, curious, present and available.

In this process we have started to

create more compassion than blame. While we continue to blame, to criticize and judge we will not see changes in people’s brain function. With compassion we have changed the flight-and-fight mode to one of being real and creative”.

Louise urges leaders to replace help with curiosity, “because when we become

curious we discover so much more about people than when we have the answers and continuous learning is absolutely critical for any leader”.

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