Dignity Leadership Training with Dr Donna Hicks, Harvard
The need has never been more urgent for people in leadership positions to be educated in matters related to dignity. The desire to be treated as something of value is universal; it is our highest common denominator. At the same time, we are all vulnerable to having our dignity violated, creating conflicts wherever human beings cluster—in families, communities, in the workplace and among nations. It is one of the root causes of conflict, yet it is rarely addressed when attempting to manage and negotiate a resolution to disputes. How can something so fundamental to the human experience have been neglected for so long? The Dignity Model, an approach to understanding the role dignity plays in our lives and relationships, addresses this powerful yet unexplored aspect of our shared humanity.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of Dignity Leadership Training are the following:
- Understanding the basic components of Dignity Model:
- Working definition of dignity
- The evolutionary roots of dignity
- Ten elements of dignity
- Ten ways we violate our own dignity
- Understanding of the Impact of Dignity Violations and Honorings
- Developing Dignity Skills
- How to honor dignity
- How to defend your dignity when someone violates you
- How to take responsibility for violating others
- How to resolve conflicts with dignity
- How to reconcile conflict relationships
- How to create a culture of dignity within an organization
- How to identify and address the systemic indignities that are embedded in the structure of an organization
- How to work with groups within and across communities to promote dignity skills and awareness.
About Donna Hicks
Donna Hicks is an Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. She has been involved in numerous unofficial diplomatic conflict resolution efforts including projects in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, and Northern Ireland. She was a consultant to the BBC where she co-facilitated a television series, Facing the Truth, with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, which aired in the United Kingdom and on BBC World in 2007. In addition to teaching conflict resolution at Harvard, Clark and Columbia Universities, Dr. Hicks conducts training seminars in the Dignity Model, a human-centred approach to rebuilding conflict relationships, in the US and abroad. She is the author of the book, Dignity: The Essential Role it Plays in Resolving Conflict, published in 2011 by Yale University Press. http://declaredignity.com
DATES AND VENUE
3 day training from Wednesday, 18 February to Friday, 20 February (9.30am – 1pm)
Graduation: Friday, 20 February (2.30pm – 4pm)
Belfast Castle
Antrim Road, Belfast BT15 5GR
MORE INFORMATION AND BOOKING
For bookings and more information please contact:
Aileen Turley
Telephone: 02890 270469
E-mail: turleya@belfastcity.gov.uk
This event is organised in partnership with North Belfast DPCSP, North Belfast Partnership and Intercomm and is supported by Community Relations Council.
