Basic Enneagram Workshop

A free offering for members of CPL’s Community Builder membership.

with David Banner, PhD. PhD mentor at Walden University, Art of Convening Graduate, CPL member since 1996!

Learn this psycho-spiritual tool to help you understand yourself and others for purposes of self-inquiry. 

The Enneagram is an archetypal framework consisting of nine Types that offer in-depth insight to individuals, groups, and collectives. Consisting of 3 Centers of Intelligence, 9 Enneagram Types, Wings, 27 Subtypes, and more, this model offers a rich map to personal development.

There are nine different types and you will learn:

 (1) The characteristics of each type;
 (2) The strengths and weaknesses of each type;
 (3) Get help in identifying your type;
 (4) Discover how to type others (e.g., friends and family);
 (5) Understand the unconscious predispositions of each type;
 (6) Learn about “look-a-like” types.

More on David Banner
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-banner-8179ab6/
https://enneagrammonthly.com/the-awakened-heart/
https://www.beyondphdcoaching.com/about/dr-david-banner/



Dr. David Banner received his PhD in Policy and Organizational Behavior from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University in Illinois. He worked for the DePaul College of Commerce, The University of the Pacific School of Business, and the University of New Brunswick (Canada) School of Management; he was tenured at all 3 universities and was voted “Outstanding Professor” at all three. He also worked at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he was the Director of the values-based MBA program, which he designed, recruited students, mentored faculty, set up an Advisory Board, and got the program accredited (2003-07).

He also worked for 16 years as a faculty mentor for the Leadership and Organizational Change PhD students (2005-21); in his 16 years, he graduated 82 PhDs in his roles as Committee Chair, Committee Member, and URR (University Research Reviewer). Mentoring PhD students gives him the most joy and satisfaction. He offers his services to help people complete their PhDs, find good academic jobs, get published in peer-reviewed journals, and find their place in the academic environment.

“A powerful documentary. Incredibly inspiring. A reminder that passion, creativity and tenacity build the muscle of hope.” — Veronica Chambers, The New York Times

WHY: Learn leadership lessons that are enduring, time- and temperature-tested, and dedicated to a better world.

For Earth Month 2024, join the CPL community and explorer Will Steger to explore positive actions now: we have everything we need to solve the climate crisis, right now, with solutions that match the scale and urgency of the problem. Start or accelerate your journey of climate action.

WHAT: A community “Watch Party.”

• Join us on Zoom from the comfort of your home.

• Will Steger will join us to introduce this powerful documentary.

• CPL will convene a post-viewing community take-action conversation, with Paul Thompson, Founder, Cool Planet.

WHEN/AGENDA: Tuesday, April 23
7:00-7:15 Will Steger opening
7:15-9:00 movie
9:00-9:30 afterparty/community conversation

"A melted drop in Antarctica ripples throughout the rest of the world"

A journey across both poles, After Antarctica directed by Tasha Van Zandt follows polar explorer Will Steger's life journey as an eyewitness to the greatest changes to the polar regions of our planet. In 1989, Steger led an international team of six scientists and explorers on the first coast-to-coast dogsled traverse of Antarctica. The ultimate mission of the expedition was to draw global attention to Antarctica’s changing climate and use the expedition as a tool to renew the Antarctic Treaty, which would protect the continent from mineral exploitation.

Even with his background in science and knowledge of the changing climate, Steger could never have expected what he would soon discover. This arduous expedition opened his eyes to the most pressing issue of our time and ultimately changed the course of his life forever.

Now, thirty years later, Steger heads out on the ice once again, this time to the opposite end of the Earth, recounting the life-changing journey that led him to where he is today. After Antarctica is a film about a legendary expedition unlike any other - not only were Steger and his team of renegade explorers the first to complete this historic feat, but due to the melting of the ice on their original route, they were also the last.

2 leadership themes emerged:

1. What a small group can accomplish together. The Trans-Antartica expedition took 3 years to plan. The expedition’s goal was to draw worldwide attention to the perils the continent was facing and the impending threat of resolution of the Antarctic Treaty, limiting mineral exploitation. Will invited and worked with leaders from 5 countries, some that were “diplomatic enemies”—countries within the former Soviet Union, plus China Japan, and Britain—and work with leadership in these countries to reverse the treaty. “Our unified goal kept us singularly focused no matter the odds stacked against us.” - Will Steger

2. The power of a wilderness environment to create the conditions for breakthrough thinking. And you know, obviously the film goes back and forth. “The entire expedition resembled a mobile Zen monastery where survival demanded a mindset of freedom and intuitive awareness. Our days followed a meditative rhythm and strict regimen, guided by simplicity that mandated the elimination of all unnecessary elements. While this might seem arduous on the surface, I discovered an incredible freedom of thought, a state unburdened by the noise of everyday thinking. Traveling in this peaceful state during long hours confined in tents or traversing the harsh polar plateau fostered inspiration and creativity.” -Will Steger

About Will Steger. Explorer. Visionary. Leader. Climate Actionist.

After Antarctica is an award-winning feature-length documentary directed by Tasha Van Zandt that follows renowned polar explorer Will Steger’s life journey as an eyewitness to the greatest changes in the polar regions of our planet. Now, thirty years after his historic expedition across the coldest continent on Earth, Steger is not only known for being the first in history to complete this historic feat – he is also the last.

A formidable voice calling for understanding and the preservation of the Arctic, and the Earth, Will Steger is best known for his legendary polar explorations. He has traveled tens of thousands of miles by kayak and dogsled over 50 years, leading teams on some of the most significant polar expeditions in history.

Creating Generative Human Beings:
Navigating the Rapids of Change

What is? What if? What now? What’s possible?

Learn more about your convener, Bud Wilson
Servant leader of many deep learning experiences

Founder & Director, Deep Nature Journeys
LeCiel Foundation Holistic Visions, Global Peace Ambassador

Bud is a social and environmental entrepreneur. As Founder of Deep Nature Journeys offering Leadership Awareness Training, and Wilderness Solo experiences, Bud is a steadfast advocate for the principles of deep ecology. He believes that regenerative human behavior is the next essential step for humanity. Restorative principles and initiatives must replace the standard practices of industrial growth societies.  In his view, sustainability is inadequate to meet today's challenges. Sustainability maintains a base level of status quo.

“My desire is to have people truly and genuinely fall in love with source and the life force that animates all that is. I work to diminish the amount of separation that exists among human beings currently. The path that is to have people truly and genuinely fall in love with your source and the life force that animates all that is.”

People protect what they love.

It's time that we replaced our love of power. Money, bright and shiny objects and things. And stuff. And replace it with a love of life. And one another, self and one another.

"What was your 1st encounter with nature/the natural world?"
"How did your 1st encounter inform your life journey?"
"What makes your heart sing when you think about or are in the natural world?"
"When facing a challenging time, where do you find refuge? What is your sanctuary?" Many people would say, "in nature."

We will explore CPL operating principles of Open Mind - Open Heart - Open Will.

Inner security vs national security

Bud is part of a global community of peace ambassadors through a LeCiel Foundation Holistic Visions cohort. 

Every year, Holistic Visions brings together 144 thought leaders, creatives, and subject matter experts from over 40 countries, who together, are addressing the fundamental tenets of a more balanced and ecologically-minded society. 

From Bud:

I am a leadership development trainer, wilderness guide (www.deepnaturejourneys.com), change agent and cause based connector of extraordinary people and projects.

My extensive experience in presence & awareness training, as well as my years as a wilderness guide continues to inform my passionate advocacy for ecological, social and cultural renewal.

I know that a deep commitment to the highest standards of quality and integrity are the keys to creating excellence. Our shared positive vision of the world we dream as possible is the antidote for the well informed futility syndrome that leads to resignation and despair.

As a member of the top management team for John Denver's Windstar Foundation, I learned that all of humanity shares the same core values: caring for the well-being of the whole is the key to success in business and communities.

My career in leadership development, designing innovative sales and marketing strategies, demonstrating measurable results and enthusiasm for new possibilities continues to inspire me forward into greater collaborations, innovations and achievements.

Bud Wilson, Boulder, Colorado and beyond

303-521-8461 | Email: BudWilson@Post.Harvard.Edu

Current Projects:

www.Lecielfoundation.org Holistic Visionary Leadership program - facilitator

https://www.collaborativedemocracyusa.org The Grand Bargain Project -design team consultant

Deep Nature Journeys Founder, Director - Guide

www.WayofNature.com  Way of Nature Academy – Former Board member - Guide

www.Oliizoi.com Regenerative Real estate Development – Co-Founder

https://www.centerforpurposefulleadership.org Essential Conversations – The Hearth

https://www.massivechangenetwork.com Design the World initiative.

https://ourcommonfoundation.org/staff/bud-wilson/ - Advisory Board

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepNatureJourneys/

Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bud-wilson-6a934bb/

Thursday, March 28, 2024 | 9:00-11:00 AM Central | Zoom-based
Co-convened by Mary Elaine Kiener and Stephanie Glaros

As conveners, we learn to create physical and energetic fields that bring a sense of aliveness along with agreed-upon terms of agreement that foster a sense of safety and belonging for our time together. 

Yet, many of us still feel a bit puzzled and self-conscious about creating containers of safety (Aspect 5 of the AoC Wheel)--either in personal or professional settings.  

We cherish the safety, comfort and support that surrounds us within our beloved communities.  However, we often become much less confident in situations that feel uncomfortable--either within ourselves or with each other--as so often happens as we approach the "learning edge" of our individual and/or communal lives.  For learning--as with any change--starts from a place of finding ourselves uncomfortable with the status quo.

In this workshop, co-conveners Mary Elaine Kiener and Stephanie Glaros will invite your individual and collective embodied wisdom as we Honor, Open and Widen into "how" we (as artful conveners) can co-create containers of safety for connection AND growth.

What we'll explore together:

• A felt sense of "safety and connection" as conveners

• The differences between "uncomfortable" and "unsafe"

• Artful convening through discomfort to foster new learning and growth

Meet your Co-Conveners

Celebrating 4 years of Essential Conversations with a special session with Margaret Wheatley for a deep dive into her new book

Margaret Wheatley, author, Leadership and the New Science, Turning to One Another, Who Do We Choose To Be?, Restoring Sanity, The Warrior’s Songline, and more.

Restoring Sanity: Practices to Awaken Generosity, Creativity, and Kindness in Ourselves and Our Organizations

What Would It Be Like to Restore Sanity? What would it be like to work together again in creative and generous ways? What would it be like to be curious about who you’re with rather than judging or fearing them? What would it be like to engage together in exploring possibilities rather than withdrawing in conflict or disagreement? What would it be like to be working well together?

Meg is a best-selling author of many books that have guided CPL’s evolution, including Turning to One Another and, more recently, Who Do We Choose to Be. Meg offers us, as brave leaders and change agents, the tools to create work conditions that foster generosity, creativity, and kindness in a world of tumultuous and irreversible changes.

From fifty years of working with leaders on all continents and at all levels, Meg feels confident to say that leadership has never been more difficult. No matter our past success as caring and empowering leaders, we now face dynamics beyond our control intensifying at exponential speed. 

The perfect storm is here with the coalescence of climate and human-created catastrophes, greed, and fear. People retreat in self-protection and communities have fractured. As leaders dedicated to serving the causes and people we treasure, what are we to do? 

Meg's answer is that we need to restore sanity by awakening the human spirit. To achieve this, we must undertake the most challenging and meaningful work of our leader lives: Creating Islands of Sanity, places of possibility and sanctuary.

Sane leadership is the unshakable confidence that people can be generous, creative, and kind. The leader's role is to create the conditions for these innate capacities to manifest in meaningful work. This role requires both inner and outer work. Wheatley provides detailed practices for developing personal and group capacities to respond wisely and well to the challenges of this tumultuous time. Practices are organized around five major questions:

• How do we create and sustain an Island of Sanity?

• How do we shift from reactivity to responsiveness?

• What are the practices to awaken people's generosity, creativity, and kindness?

• What do we do when something goes wrong?

• What do we do when the road gets hard?

Yes, leadership is increasingly difficult. And it can be noble work if we choose to be Warriors for the Human Spirit, using our power and influence to create places of possibility and sanctuary. There is no more rewarding and joyful work than awakening people's generosity, creativity, and kindness.

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Learn more about the author

MARGARET (MEG) WHEATLEY, Ed.D.

Since 1966, Margaret Wheatley has worked globally in many different roles: a speaker, teacher, community worker, consultant, advisor, formal leader. From these deep and varied experiences, she has developed the unshakable conviction that leaders must learn how to evoke people’s inherent generosity, creativity, and need for community. As this world tears us apart, sane leadership on behalf of the human spirit is the only way forward.

Whole Person Leadership for Women 2024

THE TIME IS NOW TO CLAIM THE FULLNESS OF OUR INNER POWER AND STRENGTH!

Find and be with your allies, those who can collectively hold a space of welcome, safety, and belonging, for a transformational experience. You will leave renewed and empowered and truly transformed for your next-level leadership.

This cohort of women leaders and our collective program journey generate deep shifts in awareness, perception, and behavior. It starts with inner transformation through a commitment to embrace more wholeness, which leads to more authentic outer expression.

The invitation: Let’s cultivate this emergence with a commitment to nurturing true self and true expression. WPL4W, as a program and a journey, creates a widening self and group awareness as well as the opportunity to practice in a cohort experience.

We are accepting applications for 2024.

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International Human Rights Day: December 8

UNA-USA's 2023 UN Day theme of "Equality Freedom and Justice for all" honors the upcoming 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

SAVE THE DATE and join us on International Human Rights Day, December 8, to honor the UDHR and stand for human rights for all. Stay tuned for more information!