Conflict Resolution and Management
Disagreement is often seen as divisive or a sign of failure. The response to disagreement tends to be argumentation and adversarial posturing which can quickly undermine the strategic objectives of any collaborative venture. Industries known for their intense competition and rapid technological change cannot afford the distractions that come with dysfunctional cultures. Time lost in destructive conflicts and waging office political wars is time not spent beating the competition. This is especially true for a organizations engaged in "coopetition."

Resolve individual problems before they become serious and costly
Implement consistent and reliable systemic guidelines for managing conflict
Use disagreement and conflict as a source of learning and a way to avoid mistakes

Strategic Planning Facilitation
Collaboration that addresses issues of organizational purpose, values, strategic and tactical objectives, leadership and community requires planning. The planning balances what is necessary to achieve the desired result with what enhances the experience of how people interact with one another. It enhances their openness to self-examination, growth, trust, and mutual action.

Align business practices with lived values, purpose and long-range plans
Enhance commitment to and shared ownership of collective goals
Clarify and overcome obstacles effectively and with integrity

Meeting and Retreat Facilitation
A facilitator is to meetings what a mediator is to conflict resolution. Meetings are focused and structured to meet the intended goals. There is a higher quality of participation and interaction. Participants more fully identify and obtain information needed for informed decision making.

Enhance participatory decision making
Accomplish meeting objectives within agreed time limits
Promote co-creativity and satisfaction

REVIEWS

"Beata offers clear, appropriate, firm, but gentle, guidance. Her services are best used by people who have encountered, or generated, opposition, rather than partnership, while pursuing the actualization of their vision and goals."
Naomi Colb, Facilitator, The Freedom to Ask