Recently,
integral salon leaders from around the world, friends all, even though I
haven't met them all....yet...were hit with a request from one of us to help
with the energy of the salon they lead. Another salon leader followed that up
with their own questions about dominant voices taking over meeting with
uninformed knee-jerk reactions, leaving the leaders of the group struggling
with how to handle those situations. I'll eventually post the entire
conversation (as soon as we've agreed how), but wanted to share some insights
on group process that we've learned from at SeattleIntegral.
Lord knows, we've had our share of disastrous meetings! I remember one Meetup
in particular, that had fallen apart with those knee-jerk reactions, where my
wise-beyond-her-years friend Kari and I sat across from each other smiling and
laughing inside, and wondering, what the F*** just happened? Here's an excerpt
I posted from the email exchange.
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Gary Stamper
www.garystamper.com
http://garystamper.blogspot.com/