Certificate in Advanced Group Relations Conferences Consulting: Advanced Module 2 - Directorship
Certificate in Advanced Group Relations Conferences Consulting: Advanced Module 2 - Directorship
Advanced module for experienced Group Relations practitioners who wish to become advanced Group Relations consultants, directors and field stewards
Location
Online
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An advanced module for experienced Group Relations practitioners focusing on Directing Group Relations Conferences.
You can choose to apply for this module on its own or take a look at our longer programme.
Programme Philosophy
The programme emphasises experiential learning grounded in Tavistock tradition theory: psychoanalytic insights into unconscious life of groups and institutions, Gestalt attention to embodied presence, systemic thinking about boundary/authority/role/task, and complexity theory’s appreciation of emergence, uncertainty, unpredictability and creative tensions.
Participants develop their capacity to use themselves - body, mind, and the unconscious - as instruments of learning, working with projections, enactments, transference, countertransference, social defences and the social unconscious as they manifest in real-time organisational settings.
For those called to direct Group Relations Conferences.
Format
3-day in-person intensive (London)
Dates
Weds 2 June - Fri 4 June 2027
Focus Areas
· Holding the entire system in mind as primary container
· Ethical dilemmas and intense projections directed at the Director
· Designing GRCs across formats: residential, non-residential, in-house, hybrid, online
· Managing staff dynamics and institutional transference
· Navigating sponsoring organisation relationships
· Working with critical incidents, crises, breakdowns, and "failed" conferences
· Casualty prevention and management
· Power dynamics with sponsors and societal contexts.
This module is less a course than a community of inquiry - a space where the burdens and gifts of directing can be thought about collectively.
It is for those who are ready not only to lead conferences, but to keep learning from the institutions they create - and from each other - in the enduring spirit of the Tavistock tradition.
Portfolio
Critical examination of designing/directing a GRC (past or planned), integrating personal experience, theoretical insight, and systemic understanding of the Director's role (up to 4500 words).
Qualification
Advanced Professional Development Certificate in GRC Directorship.
Director
Venue
This module will take place at the Institute offices at 63 Gee Street, London EC1V 3RS. Situated between Farringdon, Barbican and Old Street, this is a bright and flexible space. Hotels can be recommended in the local area.
Get in touch
If you have any questions or would value a conversation with one of the programme directors, we’d be very glad to hear from you.
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