Establishing a culture of empathy in your home, workplace and community, requires skills we are seldom taught: emotional literacy and empowerment through compassion. I offer NVC training and coaching for individuals, groups and organisations.
A culture of empathy – always starts with ourselves – a place where you’re free to be your authentic best. It requires emotional intelligence, deep listening and an intentional way of being. This is what I have taught for the past three decades. I was trained by Dr Marshall Rosenberg the originator of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
“NVC is a learnable, practical way to bring empathy, honesty, strength and compassion into our personal and professional relationships. (NVC-UK”
It can help when you:
You’ll learn to: hear what’s important for people with curiosity; view behaviour through the lens of human needs, with a systemic perspective. You will embrace difference; express yourself authentically; receive feedback without hearing criticism and blame; find solutions to problems together.
NVC makes it easier to transform tense situations into shared collaboration for better outcomes.
According to current research, empathy is the most important leadership skill.
“One of Satya Nadella’s first acts after becoming CEO of Microsoft, was to ask the company’s top executives to read Marshall Rosenberg’s “Nonviolent Communication” a treatise on empathic collaboration. . . . he had his top lieutenants read, and the culture that took hold from there.” – Business Insider by Mark Abadi Oct 7, 2018
“The One Book That Transformed Microsoft’s Culture from Cutthroat to Creative” -INC.
Many workplaces commission short Nonviolent Communication (NVC) training sessions for their teams. It’s important to note that just a few hours or even a full day of training serves only as an introduction to NVC.
For NVC to be truly impactful, the practices need to be embedded within everyday operations of the organisation, a sustained commitment to training and ongoing practice is essential. Aligning your leadership and management processes—such as feedback, decision-making, and conflict resolution—with NVC principles can foster psychological safety, enhance trust and collaboration among team members. This systemic approach can foster an empathic cultural transformation.
If you like to speak to me about NVC training and coaching for your group or organisation do contact me.
We can discuss NVC Foundation training for the workplace and field-tested methods mentioned in the case study entitled ‘3 x 3 Empathy ™ for Systemic Nonviolent Communication® as Cultural Transformation’ Marie R. Miyashiro, Marshall Rosenberg, PhD and other NVC programmes mentioned in these publications.
Nonviolent Communication — A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships
The Empathy Factor: Your Competitive Advantage for Personal, Team, and Business Success
Words That Work in Business: A Practical Guide to Effective Communication in the Workplace
Some of the outcomes of practising, Nonviolent in the workplace are:
You can read more about the impact of NVC in the workplace here