Radical Collaboration®

This course is for you if you recognise yourself in the following;

• Your are just starting your leadership journey as a specialist turned leader or,
• You are an experienced leader or,
• You are an entrepreneurial spirit or, 
• You are a self-employed coach or trainer
• You are a value-driven leader that want to create more Flow in your everyday life through inner alignment and meaningful connections. 
• You want to build the capability to move from collaboration blockers to Flow, Collaboration and Learning. 
• You know that it is not all about practices and methods like Agile, it is also about emotional agility and you are ready to take that next step. 

• The training is highly interactive and focused on skills that are essential to building and maintaining climates of trust and collaboration between individuals and within teams and organizations.
• The leadership skills taught in this course are immediately useful and can be quickly implemented.
• Because the training is interactive and the tools are very practical, the program is ideal for a wide range of settings and educational levels.
• A variety of teaching methods are used to enhance your learning experience and to help you put it easily into practice after the training: case studies, simulations, lectures, visualisations, self-assessment instruments, group debriefs, small group discussions, feedback instruments, work on real-life conflicts.

• The program has produced strong research based results. One follow up research study tracked participants from nine countries over a six year period. In her report, Professor Mayte Barba, Director of Business Administration at Monterrey Tech University in Cuernavaca Mexico noted the following average gains:

  • A 49.5 percent increase in effectiveness for participants in reducing their own defensiveness in conflict,
  • A 44.8 percent increase in effectiveness at getting their interests met in conflicted situations,
  • A 31.5 percent increase in effectiveness at problem solving, and
  • A 26.4 percent increase in effectiveness at building and maintaining long-term climates of trust.

Five Essential Skills

The workshop focuses on providing you with hands-on experiences to develop five essential skills for overcoming defensiveness and building successful relationships:

• Collaborative Intention, when we perceive a threat to our wellbeing, we respons defensively. Learn how to stay non-defensive and commit to success in the relationships. [Read More here..]
• Openness, the universal key to simplified relationships. Learn how to be open yourself and create a climate of openness where people feel safe enough to raise difficult issues. ​
• Self-accountability and choice. Learn radical self-responsibility of the choices we make and the consequences of our choices. 
• Awareness of self and others, commit to know yourself and others well enough to explore and resolve difficult interpersonal issues.
• Problem solving and negotiation, skillfully negotiate your way through inevitable conflicts in a way that supports rather than undermines the relationship.

• Develop key leadership skills that are crucial for effective collaboration and trust building. ​
• Know how to create psychological safety so people feel safe to raise difficult issues.
• Overcome defensiveness and support others to reduce their defensiveness.
• Acquire skills in negotiating, problem-solving, and conflict resolution.
• Increase insights into personal preferences and styles, when collaborating and managing conflict.​
• Have an opportunity to deal with a real and current collaboration challenge that you are having.

Jim Tamm is a former judge and has mediated more than 2,000 employment disputes. He has handled more school strikes than anyone else in the United States. He has worked with conflict management for more than 35 years. Jim is part of the teaching staff for NASA's Management Education Program and the International Management Program at IFL / Stockholm School of Economics

Ron Luyet is one of the founders of Green Zone Consulting Group and a senior consultant at Japanese BCon Inc. He knew and worked with Will Schutz for over 40 years. Jim and Ron created the Radical Collaboration Program.

Public Course
The enrollment fee for our public course is
26 900 NOK | 2 300 EUR

In-house Course
Ask for a proposal for bringing the Radical Collaboration Course to your leadership team.

_{This course provides a course certificate of participation and qualifies you for Radical Collaboration® Trainer Certification}

Our next course is held at the beautiful Farris Bad in Larvik, which is just outside of Oslo in Norway. Sign-up by using the form at the bottom of this page or send me an e-mail: [email protected] 

Would you like to bring Radical Collaboration to your leadership team?

I always recommend an off-site for this course to ensure a focused learning experience with all conditions in place for a successful event. I will travel to a location near you or you can travel with your team to Norway for an amazing experience. (Learn more about Norway here)

Reach out on e-mail if you would like to explore how we can work together: [email protected]