Three
Chairs offers participants an opportunity to:
- Develop greater
awareness of their mental modes, such as: expectations, assumptions,
fixed beliefs and judgments
- Develop insight
into their own behavioural patterns and responses to others
- Develop empathy
for others and compassion for themselves
- Plan for alternate
behaviours
- Simulate alternate
behaviours
- Gain experiential
and embodied knowledge of multiple perspectives in relationship
to others
- Explore creative
solutions in relational situation
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Three
Chairs offers practitioners an opportunity to:
- Apply a transformational
learning process within everyday settings
- Deepen participant’s
insight into their behavioural attitudinal patterns using interpersonal
communication as a medium
- Applied Learning
Opportunities within the context of Leadership Development,
- Communication,
Negotiation,Relationship Building
- Deliver experiential
learning through participation, observation, reflection and peer
feedback
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Examining
a nominated situation within a relationship from the narrator’s
viewpoint. First perspective (close view)
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Exploring
the second perspective of the other person in the nominated
situation. Second perspective (opposing view)
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Alternating
between each view - experience, observation, reflection
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Embodying
both views experientially and energetically Third perspective
(overview
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Model of Enriching
Perspectives
The
ability to perceive or think differently
is more important than the
knowledge gained
David
Bohm
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| Steps
through the Process
1. A situation within a relationship
is chosen that is pertinent to the purpose of the workshop and/or
the coaching session
2. The details are gathered
through the use of a story sheet (see story sheet)
3. The story is shared with
coach or partner - reflection is deepened
4. Roles are cast
5. A slice of action is chosen
to highlight the situation
6. Situation is played through
and reflections and observations are made by participants, observers
and practitioner
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7. Roles can be reversed and reflection process repeated
8. Alternatives in communication
style and behaviour can be suggested, simulated and reviewed
9. Review and reflection of first and second perspective together
with group observations and discussion
10. Invitation to move to the
third chair - experience of the enhanced perspective
11. Opportunity to test a situation with the new perspective
12. Reflection observation and discussion including a plan for future
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