Bold Conversations
"One of the most powerful things a leader can do is to bring people together in small groups to have conversations about what is most important." - Peter Block
What is a Bold Conversation?
Many conversations are surface conversations, and yes, they get things done but just below the surface the conversations that really matter await our voice. These are the conversations that more than get things done, they transform the way we are in the world, we achieve great things by daring to speak our dreams and ideas and we form connections to others that sustain us during the best and worst of times. Our organizations need to engage in purposeful conversations that evoke the best creativity, thinking and right action from their leaders, employees, clients and stakeholders. These are conversations that harness the energy in community and conflict both to generate breakthrough ideas and products.
These are the Bold Conversations we need right now.
Bold Conversations with the FutureEmerging Futures™ - an invitation to the Boldest Conversation
What is Emerging Futures™ work? It is a comprehensive, strategic inquiry around three powerful questions that requires a bold conversation within your organization. Guided by me and my colleague Mark Sobol you will work with three pivotal questions that form the basis for your inquiry:
- What is our organization's likely future emerging to be?
- How will we evolve our organization into the future we choose (rather than have future happen to us)?
- During this creative shift toward this future what will be required of me as a leader?
Given the ever-increasing velocity and complexity of our world, pausing to ask these questions positions you to pro-actively create your future within the inherent ambiguity of our times. This type of strategic conversation creates understanding, promotes greater levels of trust and cultivates an attitude of leadership at all levels in an organization. By the end of our time together you will discover a sense of what can be possible for your organization and begin the dialogue about the next steps to move toward your Emerging Future. This represents the beginnings of a process of moving away from reactive tactical approaches to unlocking the true value of your organization as a result of purposefully engaging a conversation with the future.
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Bold Conversations with Nature
The following programs are designed to re-establish connections to yourself, to Nature and to each other. These programs tap the valuable learning that is accessible through the natural world. Somatics, emotions, play and meaning-making combine to create profound shifts in your world-view. As a result, you become more effective, more confident and more cohesive as you work toward common goals, taking turns leading and build trust in yourself and in each other.
Inspired Presence™ - In partnership with The Horse Inspired Growth & Learning Center Inc. in Parkton, MD
Horses live in the present. They are excellent nonverbal communicators. As part of our team, the horses are interactive partners in activities with you that elicit natural responses and patterns of behavior. Their inherent ability to accurately read their environment allows for immediate, honest feedback that allows you to learn and to develop inspired presence. The horse becomes the catalyst for the unspoken conversations that drive team dynamics, illustrating limiting behaviors and through expert facilitation, identifying alternatives to move teams to cohesion, high performance, intrinsic commitment and honest collaboration.
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The Flow of Leadership™ - In partnership with Adventure Crafters of Queenstown, MD.
Lessons learned on a kayak stay with you forever. Kayaking taps the four domains of learning - intellectual, emotional, somatic and spiritual (meaning-making) - to work with the whole human being, enlisting all the senses, so that we come to embody what we learn through these experiences and fully engage in our life and work. This experiential on-the-water program will develop individual and group leadership skills and shift how you learn and move with your own flow of leadership.
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Bold Conversations with the Self
The Evolutionary Leader
This is an invitation to engage in a personal conversation around how you choose to engage the world and your life. You will engage in a profound, extended conversation with your wisdom partner reflecting on who you are as a human being and a leader. This is an intimate exploration around your legacy and how you can best contribute to your world. This is not about building skills; it is not about what you do. It is about who you are and how your being in alignment with your truest and most natural self can make a difference for yourself, your family, community, organization, and the world. This is a customized yearlong inquiry designed for leaders who may be in transition, for social entrepreneurs, community leaders, retiring CEO's or for individuals who are looking for ways to make a real difference.
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The Evolutionary Team
This yearlong program goes beyond team cohesion and is designed in collaboration with team members who may be in a high stakes situation to produce breakthrough results. You must be willing to challenge yourselves to initiate a shift within your team that unites the team to move as one unit while maintaining the value inherent in your individuality. This requires complete organizational support and a corporate willingness and commitment to what is possible.
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The Evolutionary Coach
Despite the leaps made in the coaching community regarding competency and learning, not enough is done to develop these advisors and coaches as catalysts. The Evolutionary Coach will bring together a small group of experienced coaches to collectively tap their experiences and be in an on-going conversation about courageously serving our clients now and into the future. Using the four domains of learning, dialogue, story telling and archetypes we will explore a collective mythology. This is an invitation to take the hero's journey together, to follow the sequence of actions… from hearing the call to setting out to going to the depths and heights, and finally, to returning home with new understandings for creating life-affirming changes for yourself and your clients. Coaches as agents for cultural transformation (in organizations and indeed the world) are uniquely poised to facilitate the shifts required to evolve our leaders and the world. But first we must evolve ourselves.
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A Message from Alicia M. Rodriguez, President of Sophia Associates, Inc.
I believe it's time to act from the inspiration flowing out of a generative field and to greet our emerging future by preparing ourselves and our organizations from the inside out as much as from the outside in. This creates aligned action. This is an awakened, authentic, embodied action that is aligned with a higher wisdom. There is integrity of purpose with the power to act purposefully and meaningfully in a new paradigm. This is where leaders need to meet the future, grounding this wisdom and purpose in doing the right thing for the right reasons and executing impeccably.
This is the time for Bold Conversations. Please call and let's talk about working together on creating greater success, generating innovative thinking and breaking the old barriers to extraordinary engagement in your organization.
Please do not hesitate to call us at 410-544-5262 or email me to learn more now.
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550M Ritchie Hwy. #121
Severna Park, MD 21146
PH: 410-544-5262
Bold: Fearless, Daring, Courageous; A readiness to take a risk.
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