Path To Organizational Health and Balance

Most organizations are full of people who care deeply about their work. And yet, something is off. Energy drains instead of builds. Change efforts stall. People work hard but the culture isn't quite keeping pace with where you need to go.

This is not a failure. It is a signal.

Just as the human body has within it the capacity to heal and rebalance, so does your organization. This half-day workshop gives you the time, space, and a practical framework to begin reading those signals clearly — and to start the conversations that matter

What you will learn

You will leave with more than a framework. You will leave with new eyes for your organization. During the session you will:

• Develop a practical understanding of what organizational health actually looks like and the concrete difference it makes for the people inside it.

• Explore the essential questions that help you assess where your organization is right now — what is working, what is out of balance, and what it most needs.

• Discover how worldviews shape the way organizations are led, structured, and changed, and how to begin working with that consciously.

• Walk away with a framework you can bring directly into conversation with your colleagues, your leadership team, or your board.

• Gain understanding of the Genuine Contact Way of Working with organizations, a way of working that supports sustainable, human-centered development, even in times of uncertainty.

About the method

A foundational module with lasting impact

The Path to Organizational Health and Balance a learning module from the Genuine Contact Way of Working, a comprehensive approach developed by Birgitt and Ward Williams and practiced in organizations worldwide.

The framework draws on a simple but profound insight: every organization already contains within it the blueprint for its own optimal health and balance. The work is not to impose a model from the outside, but to create the conditions for what is already possible to emerge.

About the facilitators

Two experienced practitioners, bringing unique experience and a shared commitment to the Genuine Contact Way of Working

Doris Gottlieb (Netherlands) is an authorized Genuine Contact Trainer. She has worked closely with the Genuine Contact approach for nearly two decades as a trainer, consultant, and close collaborator of the program's founders. She has worked with organizations including the World Wildlife Fund, Stichting Emancipator, United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY).

She is joined by Maarten Jurriaanse (Netherlands), Innovation consultant and facilitator. For the past three years he has been engaged in learning and using the Genuine Contact approach in his work with clients. He has decided to co-organize this training because of his belief in the value of this approach in making a positive impact.