Training
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Many leadership trainings offer great ways of engaging groups, but do not incorporate how to deal meaningfully with the unsaid dynamics, inherent differences and tensions that affect them. This training specifically shows people how to surface undercurrent views and include all voices for the main purpose of achieving breakthroughs in seemingly impossible-to-solve issues.
CoResolve-Deep Democracy Foundations is designed for leaders, managers, facilitators and coaches who find themselves working with interpersonal, team/group and client dynamics.
Covering the foundational skills of Lewis Deep Democracy, this course gives leaders and facilitators the theoretical background and experiential learning opportunities that they need to begin using the powerful tools of the Lewis Deep Democracy in their day-to-day work environments and processes.
CoResolve training will increase your capacity to work with complexity and succeed in turbulent times by helping you understand group/relationship dynamics and by offering practical tools for working with differences in a group and by increasing your conflict literacy to turn destructive tension into creative possibilities.
This is not a typical training course in that you will spend much of your time in live practice in a group setting exploring relevant, real topics and immediately putting your learning into practical application.
This program provides knowledge and practical tools in the following areas:
Collaborative Decision Making
Facilitate dynamic conversations which unleash engagement creativity and excitement.
Harness the power of collective intelligence by enabling the most quiet participants to find their voice and express their views.
Create safety in large or small groups for difficult conversations to take place.
Search for the wisdom of the minority views and improve decision-making by incorporating this valuable information.
Understanding Group Dynamics
Read the dynamics of a group, pick up on the early signs of resistance and emerging conflict and act in a timely manner to reduce tension.
Understand the obstacles to good communication and build the foundations for shared understanding.
Observe group dynamics that exist beyond individuals and manage them for more effective teamwork.
Begin and end meetings with a powerful way to connect the group and get a handle on what is happening in the room.
Resolving Tension and Conflict
Recognise the underlying tensions that block a group’s progress, diagnose when group dynamics become polarised and rigid, and know what facilitations tools to use in such situations.
Resolve differences of opinions, arguments and conflicts instead of allowing anger and blaming to continue. Learn to unleash the creative potential that lies within every conflict.
Use tensions and conflict as an opportunity for learning and as a way to improve relationships.
Developing the inner skills
Grow the capacity to hold all views as valuable, including the uncomfortable, unpopular, or dissenting ones.
Stay present with tension, difficulty, and strong emotion without collapsing into fixing, withdrawing, escalating, or avoiding.
Build self-awareness of your own reactions, edges, and assumptions and the ability to work with them rather than be hooked by them.
Develop the inner steadiness that allows you to facilitate, lead, or contribute as a non-polarising presence in tense situations without losing your ground.
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Tailored in-house training in CoResolve is available for teams and organisations as a two or three day in - person package, followed by three online integration team coaching sessions. One to one coaching can also be included in this package upon request.
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This 3-day programme is designed to be delivered in a 2 days + 1 day format.
The first 2 days will be delivered in-person and final and 3rd day will be delivered online.
Please find the session dates and times below:
November 2nd-3rd 2026 @ 9:30am-5pm (GMT) – in-person in London (NCVO Kings Cross)
November 27th 2026 @ 9:30am-5pm (GMT) – Online
Participants completing the 3-day CoResolve – Deep Democracy Foundations course can enhance their learning in this methodology by participating in the Lewis Deep Democracy Level 3 course.
Who is it for?
Facilitators, coaches and experienced and emerging leaders
Price:
£745.00 - Self Sponsored
£895.00 - Organisationally Sponsored
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This 3-day programme is designed to be delivered in a 2 days + 1 day format.
The first 2 days will be delivered in-person and final and 3rd day will be delivered online.
Please find the session dates and times below:
October 21 and 22, 2027 @ 9:30am-5pm (GMT) – in-person in London (Venue TBC)
Friday November 12th, 2027 @ 9:30am-5pm (GMT) – Online
Participants completing the 3-day CoResolve – Deep Democracy Foundations course can enhance their learning in this methodology by participating in the Lewis Deep Democracy Level 3 course.
Who is it for?
Facilitators, coaches and experienced and emerging leaders
Price:
£745.00 - Self Sponsored
£895.00 - Organisationally Sponsored
“I have found myself using Deep Democracy daily. The ideas are deep, rich and immediately practicable in so many ways. It gives a language to some of the more uncomfortable challenges of working together with other human beings in a way that helps create movement even when things feel deeply stuck. And Francesca, she brings such down to earth humanity to her teaching of the methods and philosophy. It is such a simple and effective way of developing your skill with groups.”
-David, Organisational Development Consultant