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Working in Organisations

The Unconscious at Work

Thursday 4th May 2017 - Saturday 6th May 2017

Geneva, Switzerland

Tavistock Consulting
Hopitaux Universitaires Geneva

Introduction
Membership
Staff
Info & Fees
Payment Terms

Introduction

How can you take up your professional role at work with a stronger sense of freedom and authority ? The conference is a three-day intensive experiential development programme which aims to increase participants’ personal effectiveness and creativity in their organisational role(s).

The learning from group relations conferences is relevant to people from any professional background. The conference is designed as a temporary organisation in which staff and members will explore and seek to learn from organisational behaviour as it happens.

The aim of the conference is to develop a spirit of inquiry into the dynamics of organisational life and one’s own part in these.

Issues for exploration include:

the impact of self on others and the impact of others on self
leadership and followership
authority and power
delegation and representation
lateral and vertical inter-group dynamics
the dynamics of sub-groups who share pre-existing relationships

This conference also allows for the exploration of communication across different languages as the conference will be bilingual French and English and may include members who only speak one of these languages or who speak one of them much better than the other.

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Membership

Applications are invited for:

Conference membership
No previous experience of Group Relations Conferences is
required for taking up the role of member.

Conference Training Group membership
A number of Training Group places are available for members
who have previously completed at least one Group Relations
Conference as a member and who now wish to develop their
learning from a different perspective or begin to develop their
capacity to work as staff consultants on such Group Relations
Conferences. Members of the Training Group will need to
have a working knowledge of both English and French and be
available from 15.30 until 17.45 for a preparation meeting on the
afternoon of Thursday 4th May and for some meetings before
and after the published hours for the conference on each of the
conference days.

Queries
If you have any queries about membership of the conference or the
Training Group contact Kay Trainor on
ktrainor@tavistockconsulting.co.uk

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Staff

Directorate
  
Kay Trainor, Director
Vega Roberts, Associate Director
Nora Schneider el Gueddari, Associate Director for Administration

Conference Consultants will be drawn from
  
Rémy Barbe, Christophe Delaloye, Peter Griffiths, Gwen Hanrahan,
Barbara Ozdemir, Francois-Michel van der Rest

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Info and Fees

Conference timings
Friday 5th May 10.00-19.00 (with registration from 09.45)
Saturday 6th May 09.00-19.00
Sunday 7th May 09.00-15.30 (with farewell drinks at 15.30)

Location
Centre Recrutement, parcours, compétences & formation
des HUG, bâtiment les Grands-Bois
Chemin du Petit Bel-Air 2, 1225 Chêne-Bourg

Price
The price of attendance (non-residential) is:

Members: CHF 960.-
Training Group Members: CHF 1120.-

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Payment Terms

For a booking form either to be a member, or to join the conference

Training Group, please contact the pre-conference administrator:
Isabelle Hochuli - isabelle.hochuli@hcuge.ch

Full fee payable to reserve a place.

Cancellation charges:
Less than 2 weeks in advance of first day: 100%
Between 2 and 8 weeks in advance of first day: 50%
Over 8 weeks 25%

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