Vertical Facilitator
Deep Dive
Michael Hamman and Lyssa Adkins, Course Leaders
The next Deep Dive starts on May 1, 2024. Complete schedule below…
In the first part of The Vertical Facilitator, you are exposed to the big ideas and some of the main distinctions and competencies of vertical facilitation.
In the Deep Dive, you actually grow for yourself a depth of practice and capacity to embody those distinctions and competencies.
You will leave the Deep Dive with mastery in the art and practice of facilitating transformative change in the teams and groups you work with.
(If you’re completely new to The Vertical Facilitator learning journey and would like more information on the full course (the first part of which is no-cost, and which culminates in the Deep Dive), visit the main Vertical Facilitator page.
What You Can Expect from Your Participation in the Deep Dive…
A deep insight into the nature of vertical learning and human development.
An ability to see beyond people’s ‘personalities’ into the deeper meaning-making that governs how they are showing up
An ability to ask questions, state observations, and offer feedback in ways that generate “disorienting dilemmas”
A capacity to project a space of genuine acceptance and compassion that empowers emotional risk-taking in group settings.
A greater awareness of your own meaning-making constitution, and of the inner distortions they most often generate.
An ability to witness, understand, and work constructively with group interactions and group dynamics.
An ability to leverage conflict as a basis for catalyzing profound insights for individuals and groups.
An ability to create workshop and facilitated event designs that are deliberately developmental.
A confidence in your ability to catalyze moments of transformative insight in all manner of situations in which you are leaderfully engaged.
Steps in the Unfolding of the Program
In the opening session, we begin by establishing a foundation for us as a cohort. We will also take a deep dive into adult development and the Action Logic framework, and will introduce the Leadership Development Profile, which each participant will work with between this session and the 3-Day Intensive (described below).
You will complete your personal Leadership Development Profile (LDP), a vertical leadership instrument that will play a significant part in the unfolding of deep developmental self-awareness. This includes a 1-1 debrief session with one of the course leaders.*
During this session, you will begin to get your arms around the 13 key practices of Vertical Facilitation. You will participate in a set of activities in which you see these in practice.
You will also explore the implications of your own developmental landscape, and begin to come to grips with your own particular gifts and challenges as they apply to vertical facilitation.
During the Intensive we engage in a combination of informational and highly experiential sessions in which you engage with, and practice, all aspects of vertical facilitation, including your most important tool: Your Self. The Intensive is, in many ways, the heart and soul of the program.
During the Intensive, you will also initiate a Vertical Facilitation Design Project, in which you will design (and possibly facilitate) a small workshop or other kind of vertical facilitation intervention over the course of the weeks between the Intensive and the Completion session.
During this 4 week period, we will have two “clinics” to help you more deeply hone your vertical facilitation chops, and get more pointed real-time feedback on your work.
During this session we will share our deepest learnings, and celebrate both the triumphs and belly flops of our projects. You will also have an opportunity to look at what’s next for you in your vertical facilitation journey.
Finally, we will celebrate our accomplishment—both as individuals and as a cohort!
* For more information on the Leadership Development Profile (LDP), visit https://www.harthill.co.uk/ldp-report.
During this 4 week period, you will develop elements of your Vertical Facilitation Design Project, with feedback from your course leaders and from other members of your cohort.
Schedule for the next Deep Dive starting May 1, 2024
Cost for the Deep Dive: $1,975USD
What’s included:
All of the materials from Phase I
Live virtual sessions which include Commencement, Q&A, 3-Day Intensive, Applied Project Feedback, and Completion activities (a total of 26 contact hours)
Your personal Leadership Development Profile + 1-on-1 Debrief (with Michael Hamman)
Inter-session community activity with comments, feedback, and further instruction from course leaders
A powerful and empowering community container that will support your development and learning in this program.
A wealth of materials, including recordings and papers.
Access to recordings of all sessions for 1 year after completion of the program.
Access to events and substantive follow-up materials for 1 year after completion of the program.