MY LIFE AND I

Study and renewal of your life

Fortunately, the world is organized in such a way that a dew drop on a blade of grass can reflect it.

Harry Mulisch

For whom?

For those who are willing to clear up things in her/his life, bring in a new quality and start directing it consciously. This workshop is a thoughtful and fine research of your own life, of what and why has made you the way you are, of what you want in your life.

Why?

We are living in the world of changes that are directly influencing our working life. The epoch of «life-long work» is coming to an end. The world of work itself is changing on all levels.

All this can cause a discomfort concerning the current situation, doubts about the chosen way, feeling of insecurity, and even depression. You can start asking yourself different questions:"How to find the right attitude to the changes happening in our organization?«, «What is the sense of my work?», «How to find satisfaction in work?», «How can I actively build my career?», «How to switch from the intensive schedule to a freer life format?», etc.

The workshop helps you:

• to find a star to steer by

• to deepen the understanding of your life history and meaning

• to learn reading signs in your biograph

• to find support and sureness within yourself

• to focus energy in the right direction and start moving

The workshop normally marks a turning point in your life. You can only pass it once in the life time, but you can work with it all your life. As a result, the participants get a new vision of their working life, a new direction for the future and redefine themselves. They say:

• My illusionary picture of the future has disappeared. I feel that I am firmly standing on the ground.
  

• I got clear in which direction I should put my efforts in the nearest years.
  

• I have learned to take myself more seriously and not to be afraid of the responsibility when making a choice.
  

• I understand now why I have always been such a workaholic, and can find a balance between my private life and work.
  

• I have developed a different attitude to all the things within my company and feel peace inside.
  

• I have received the theory and tools to deal with a crisis. I smile more, and my tension and seriousness have been replaced with a common sense.
  

• Through understanding myself, I have learned to understand others.
  

• I feel lighter and more open.

It is a feeling of a colossal expansion and flight which result in a panoramic view. And my past unfolds into what I have to do in the future.

The workshop has given me myself as a conscious adult human being willing the kind and learning to share it with other people. It has also become a new stage in my relations with my future wife who was a participant too.

Why a study?

In this workshop, the study of your life is dealt with in such a way that step by step, you reach a deeper level. And you develop an enquiring approach to life at every stage: searching, asking yourself questions, feeling, trying out, testing, carefully coming to conclusions and verifying them.

Note

During the workshop, the participants mainly work in groups of 3 to 4 persons, based on the method of characterization and describing in images. Work with others is of a special value to the individual process of each person: people listening to you give different, sometimes absolutely unexpected views of your life and help you see new aspects you did not see before.

Authors

Kees Locher and Jos van der Brug, NPI Institute for Organizational Development www.npi-academie.nl. The course has been developed, verified and improved for over 30 years.

Trainers

Joachim Ludwig Heinz, Germany. President of Heinz-Consulting. OD-consultant, business trainer. Educational background: psychology (Frei Universitaet, Berlin), gestalt therapy, philosophy (Heine Universitaet, Duesseldorf), eurythmy (Eurythmy Academy, Berlin). Over 25 year experience in practical psychology. Professional interests: organizational psychology, human recourses management, leadership, personal growth and development.

Elena Petrova, Russia. CEO, Heinz-Consulting. OD-consultant, business trainer. Ph.D., docent. Educational background: cybernetics (computerized control systems); linguistics. 20—year academic and teaching experience at a technical university. Graduate of management programs for trainers (EU, France-Italy; UNESCO, Australia). Author of more than 60 scientific and methodological publications, including «Small Business Management» course book. Professional interests: strategic management, organizational structures, biography work.

Tatiana Babanova, Russia. OD-consultant, business trainer, Master’s degree in strategic communications (Westminster University, London). Educational background: linguistics. Over 10 years experience in project management, 7-year teaching and training experience. Author and translator of multiple publications, including analytical reports, GRI-standard social reports, course books and manuals on project management for non-profit organizations. Professional interests: relations management, corporate social responsibility, coaching for performance.

Duration: 12 days

Location: «Naratey» camping hotel, western shore of Lake Baikal

Group: 4 to 12 persons

Price per person: 1400 euro

Workshop programme