Organizational
Culture Change
- Organizations -
Culture Change
Building a Culture of Empathic Connection
Where there are divisions and ruptures within organizational culture, there is a powerful opportunity to transform that energy into greater connection and collaboration. When we learn to empathically listen and authentically express in ways that create understanding and reconciliation, new creative and innovative possibilities emerge. Building a culture of empathy is an opportunity for healing collective divides at the core of deeper societal conflicts and polarization arising in the organization.
John works with founders, leadership, family businesses, families and communities, particularly in the technology, healthcare, and nonprofit sectors.
The Approach is based in a form of empathic communication called Nonviolent Communication (NVC), an international body of work proven over decades around the world to be powerfully effective and transformational. John's Mediate Your Life approach integrates a mediation framework, neuroscience, and mindfulness. .
The Process starts with culture assessment through individual conflict coaching sessions with key members. The next phase is mediated conversations between members of the organization where there are frictions, breakdowns of communication or trust, or disconnects. This is followed by cross-department subgroup training and conversations facilitated in the structure and process of empathic dialogue. There is also ongoing individual and small group training in the Mediate Your Life approach for key leaders, as well as other integration support where needed (regular follow up/check in sessions, progress tracking, continuous improvement initiatives).
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"John Kinyon is one of our trainers of Nonviolent Communication and someone in whom I have a great deal of trust and confidence. John in my experience has a special gift for facilitating empathic understanding and communication between people. I highly endorse John's skills and abilities with Nonviolent Communication, and I strongly recommend him to anyone needing help resolving a conflict situation."
— Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D., creator of Nonviolent Communication
- Meet Facilitator -
John Kinyon
John is an internationally renowned and respected leader and teacher of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) for over 25 years. He studied closely with NVC creator/founder Marshall Rosenberg for over a decade and was one of his most trusted students. John has trained, coached, and mediated with thousands of people around the world. In the last decade, he has focused more deeply on integrating mindfulness (dual and nondual) and trauma healing into his work.
Conflict is growing and intensifying in the world, from global to personal and organizational. John's Mediate Your Life approach gives a way to use the power of conflict to evolve into new possibilities and greater wellbeing.