In the current, rapidly changing world situation, we see increasing demand for forms of organisational development (OD), coaching and leadership that are 'Relational'; that is, able to deal with the complexity, uncertainty and uniqueness of emergent change situations.

We find that older and more mechanistic OD approaches are not as effective in today’s organisation, and an approach that is anchored in the understanding of human functioning is needed. Our approach, grounded in a radically relational and dialogic form of Gestalt theory and practice provides such an approach, and has been at the forefront of psychological approaches applied to OD and change in organisations.

Rather than develop a fixed change methodology, our Relational Organisational Gestalt (ROG) programme offers a way of working with dynamic, fast-moving, inter-dependencies. We support leaders and OD practitioners to actively seek the organisation or group’s emergent issues and learn how to mobilise change around these. At the heart of this approach is knowledge of personal presence, ethics/values and the use-of-self as instrument in a wide range of situations.

Are you looking at what might support you as a coach, manager, OD consultant or leader expected to deliver change or transformation?  Are you discouraged by your experience of traditional forms of delivering change in organisations? Then Relational Organisational Gestalt might be what you are looking for.

If you are already qualified as a gestalt counsellor or psychotherapist and want to actively work to resolve issues in the wider organisational, social and political field then this course will give you the skills you need. Training in ROG will take you on the journey to becoming a coach or organisational consultant.  

ROG is an holistic, dialogic and practical approach to facilitating organisational and individual transformation. By joining this programme you will:

• Develop the capacity to understand how organisations function and how to implement change more effectively based on a Relational Gestalt model of Organisational Development.
• Develop your presence and use of self as an instrument to experience and facilitate change and transformation.
• Learn why, when and how to intervene in one-to-one and team settings, and in larger groups and organisations.
• Gain a suite of highly practical skills such as Phenomenological Observation and Inquiry, Dialogue and Field/System Analysis.

ROG is a UK-based certificate / diploma programme, leading to European Accreditation as a Gestalt Practitioner in Organisations. This year's course begins March 7th - 8th in Esher, Surrey. You'll find full details on our website here as well as a series of videos in which Marie-Anne Chidiac and Sally Denham-Vaughan explain more here.

Below you can read what others have said about their experience of ROG training. And beneath that, you'll find details of February's Eros workshop led by Dr Leanne O’Shea, as well as our residential workshop in June for organisational practitioners.