A profound integration of 2 powerhouse approaches to learn about self, others, feedback, influence and teams


For 5-full days, participants will meet in 8-12 person T-groups – a powerful technology developed by the National Training Labs Institute (NTL) in 1947 – and learn an extraordinary amount about themselves, others, and team dynamics. Many past participants call T-Groups a “life-changing experience.” To further fuel participant dynamics, insight, and learning, this program also integrates the insights of the Enneagram, an ancient and profound system for understanding the 9 versions of the human character structure. More than a personality system, the Enneagram is an unparalleled map for self-observation and awareness, as well as personal growth and change.

The T-group provides participants with opportunities to learn about themselves, their impact on others, how to function more effectively in groups and interpersonal situations, and to learn first-hand how groups and teams evolve in order to become high performing. It facilitates this learning by bringing a small group of people together for the purpose of studying their own behavior when they interact within a small group.

The Enneagram is integrated throughout the program in multiple ways: all participants will have identified their own Enneagram type prior to the T-Group – there is a free evening pre-session to assist those newer to the Enneagram; the “Community Sessions,” structured training sessions that are interspersed throughout the 5-days, focus on topics such as self-disclosure, feedback, conflict, and teams in ways that illuminate the 9 different types in action; and the T-Groups themselves will use insights of the Enneagram for understanding individual behavior as well as team dynamics and development.

In this 5-day, highly interactive program, T-Group participants will enhance their knowledge and skills in the following areas:

Self

• Self-observation
• Self-awareness
• Self-insight
• Self-disclosure
• Receiving feedback
• Understanding your impact on others
• Experimenting with new behaviors

Others

• Giving feedback
• Interpersonal relationships
• Valuing differences

Teams

• Group dynamics and team development
• Social processes operating within a group, both explicit and implicit
• Group facilitation
• Expressing and utilizing conflict in productive ways
• Effective influencing

Program Hours
The program begins at 8:45 am each day and ends at 9:00 pm each evening. Ample time is given for lunch and dinner.

Certification
This program, endorsed by NTL Institute, fulfills the core lab requirements for other NTL programs and receives a joint certificate from The Enneagram in Business and NTL. Participants are required to attend all sessions and to demonstrate a commitment to engage in the activities.

Participant Requirements
Participants do not need any prior experience to attend this program, but attendees unfamiliar with the Enneagram do need to attend the free evening session prior to the start of the program.

In addition, all participants must be psychologically stable enough to handle the ambiguity and complexity of the program. Although it is a completely safe environment, it is relatively unstructured (by design) as a methodology to illuminate individual and group dynamics. As a result, all participants need to be able to handle this level of semi-structured experience.

NTL Institute
National Training Labs was founded in 1947 to advance the applied behavioral sciences in service of social justice, oppression-free societies, and healthy individuals, groups, and organizations in the world.


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