Out of the cold into your Relationships!
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Couples Course© 2018
January 26-28 Catch-up day January 25th.
One
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Its seems like we spend more time updating our apps than we do working on our most important Relationship!
Join us in Paradise on the Big Island where we have found renewal and enrichment for 35 years.
We still have openings for one couple in the Couples Course® to be held January 26-28th, 2018 with the catch up day for Newbies on Jan. 25th.
Cost per couple $2,750
2019 dates now available see below
"Thanks for ALL you did and continue to do for us and so many people. We are so grateful to have been here with you both and the other couples. Some who will be lifelong friends."
Quote
from last year's course
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On any course taught
in our offices
ends January 15, 2018 Based on availability
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2018 Public Workshop Schedule
2018
Managing Corporate Change©
January 9-11, 2018
Westlake Village, CA
$3,750
Couples Course©
January 26-28th 2018, Catch up day Jan. 25
Price per couple $2,750
Big Island of Hawaii
ONLY ONE SLOT LEFT
Enabling Purpose through Relationships©
February 27-March 1, 2018
Wesltlake Village, CA
$3,750
Women Moving Forward®
March 6-8, 2018
Westlake Village, CA
$3,750
Advanced Women Moving Forward®
March 20-21, 2018
Princeton, New Jersey $2,750
Leading Projects through Relationship, Commitment and Purpose©
April 16-20, 2018
Westlake Village, CA $5,000
Managing Corporate Change©
May 22-24, 2018
Westlake Village, CA $3,750
Women's Leadership Retreat®
May 1-3, 2018 Catch up day April 30
Ojai, CA $4,950
Advanced Women Moving Forward®
June 13-14, 2108
Westlake Village, CA $2,750
Enabling Purpose through Relationships©
July 30-August 1, 2018
Westlake Village, CA $3,750
Leading Projects through Relationship, Commitment and Purpose©
September 24-28, 2018
Westlake Village, CA $5,000
Women Moving Forward®
October 10-12, 2018
Westlake Village CA $3,750
Advanced Men's Course©
October 23-25, 2018 Catch Up Day Oct, 22
Ojai CA $4,950 2017 Returnees $4,175
Enabling Purpose through Relationships©
December 11-13, 2018
Westlake Village CA $3,750
2019
Couples Course© 2019
January 25-27, 2019 Catch up day January 24
Price per couple $2,750
Big Island of Hawaii
Women's Leadership Retreat®
April 30-May 2, 2019 Catch up day April 29
$4,950
Location TBD
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What do we do with the rest of the Men?
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Now that Harvey, Charlie Rose and Matt Lauer have lost their jobs, what do we do for the rest of the men? The men in question are NOT the serial abusers with deep seated psychological issues. Not the megalomaniacs with a voracious need to control and dominate women. Those men will hopefully be addressed by firings, lawsuits and G-d willing, jail time. The men I am talking about are the men who spent way too much time in front of the computers when the rest of us were learning about women the hard way through trial and error. The men I am talking about are the ones who do care but don’t know how to demonstrate that concern effectively. These are the men who are very clear about what
not to do but way less sure what they should be doing.
We have had a client who was willing to provide 19 workshops for women to address the retention problems with women in the region. They also provided one, exactly one workshop for men (at the request of the men) to address the issue from that side. Nineteen to one. The One was met with rave reviews (as were the courses for women), the men loved it and many are still in contact with us 10 years later. One Really?
As sexual harassment is now the hot topic we will see a flurry of dog and pony shows, letters from the CEO reminding you all of the code of conduct, Credo, This We Believe, Core Values, respect for others and God forbid the dreaded PowerPoint presentations on appropriate and inappropriate behavior in the workplace from HR. But will it go further than that? Will there be any sustained effort over time to really
develop men, their awareness and skill set about women in the workplace to actually shift the culture?
In 80’s and 90’s we watched as companies spent millions on other types of diversity training and nothing on gender awareness. The money of course, should have been spent on the all diversity awareness courses. But it was notable that the company had 60% female representation in the workforce, and not one female in the board room.
Two executives were transplanted from the East Coast to Texas to a location where the sexual harassment and assault was out of control. They were serious about wanting to stop the nonsense. We did
many sessions of Productive Relationships©, Women Moving Forward® and Organization Man Meets Organization Woman©. They fired one of the executives and leaked the information as to why since he was one of the main perpetrators. It was a sustained effort over years not window dressing with the intent of merely avoiding lawsuits and looking good to Wall Street and the press.
Susan and I designed Organizational Man Meets Organizational Woman© nearly 40 years ago. We have taught it a handful of times since its invention. Perhaps the world is ready now, finally! I designed
Men, Relationships and Work© 25 years ago and again rarely taught. The insane reality is that organizations have tried to cure gender issues by only training women as if the men weren’t involved and the women
were the problem!
We know what to do. I know men can be trained and cultures can be shifted. It does take a real commitment not merely a letter from the CEO and slide presentations. Please don’t do “spray and pray” one size fits all, conceptual pap. Accept the reality that men are at different levels of awareness and skill and training should be designed for this reality. Cultures are shifted by building healthy more advanced subcultures that can show the greater organization the way. Give the men who are ahead a chance to lead
regardless of age and rank. Less advanced men need to be acculturated by more advanced men.
We will be devoting our Advanced Men’s Course© to this subject But some men are only ready for the PowerPoint slides. This problem requires a multi-level approach.
This is sophisticated stuff. The relationship between men and women is as fundamental and emotionally charged as it gets. There is a reason why this issue dogs so many organizations.
If you have figured out that women are
not the problem and men and women will have to solve this
together you have a chance.
You start with one area,
not the whole company ready to tackle the issue. If you are part of that area that’s ready, let us know. It will all be uncomfortable and embarrassing.
Men Relationships and Work© is June 3-5, 2018 if you have one individual who should attend.
As always we invite your comments.
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2018-19 Public Workshop Schedule
2018
Managing Corporate Change©
January 9-11, 2018
Westlake Village, CA
$3,750
Couples Course©
January 26-28th 2018, Catch up day Jan. 25
Price per couple $2,750
Big Island of Hawaii
ONLY ONE SLOT LEFT
Enabling Purpose through Relationships©
February 27-March 1, 2018
Wesltlake Village, CA
$3,750
Women Moving Forward®
March 6-8, 2018
Westlake Village, CA
$3,750
Advanced Women Moving Forward®
March 20-21, 2018
Princeton, New Jersey $2,750
Leading Projects through Relationship, Commitment and Purpose©
April 16-20, 2018
Westlake Village, CA $5,000
Managing Corporate Change©
May 22-24, 2018
Westlake Village, CA $3,750
Women's Leadership Retreat®
May 1-3, 2018 Catch up day April 30
Ojai, CA $4,950
Advanced Women Moving Forward®
June 13-14, 2108
Westlake Village, CA $2,750
Enabling Purpose through Relationships©
July 30-August 1, 2018
Westlake Village, CA $3,750
Leading Projects through Relationship, Commitment and Purpose©
September 24-28, 2018
Westlake Village, CA $5,000
Women Moving Forward®
October 10-12, 2018
Westlake Village CA $3,750
Advanced Men's Course©
October 23-25, 2018 Catch Up Day Oct, 22
Ojai CA $4,950 2017 Returnees $4,175
Enabling Purpose through Relationships©
December 11-13, 2018
Westlake Village CA $3,750
2019
Couples Course© 2019
January 25-27, 2019 Catch up day January 24
Price per couple $2,750
Big Island of Hawaii
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Men Relationships and Work©
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The expectation on today’s professionals has changed drastically in recent years. Although the numbers of men and women in R&D, Engineering, Sales, Supply Chain and IT are becoming more evenly split, management is still predominately male. Men and women have distinctive ways of thinking and working. The ability for men to be attuned to these differences especially in organizations that still
think
and
manage,
in very traditional male ways, is difficult. Unacceptable employee satisfaction scores and unacceptable retention rates of women vs. those of men is an indicator of a systemic problem that must be addressed.
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Men,
Relationships and work©
Returns!
June
5-7, 2018
Westlake Village, CA
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The theme for this year's AMC© will be
"Our Relationships and Responsibilities to Women" Time to re-thinking our responsibilities to support women today at home and at work in the
post-Weinstein world.
Dates: October 23-25, 2018
Catch up day October 22.
Location: Ojai, California
Course Fee 2017 Returnees
$4,750 Newbies $4,950
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Susan Van Vleet Consultants, Inc.®
An International Consulting Company
31416 Agoura Rd. Suite 255,
Westlake Village, CA 91360, USA
PHONE (303) 660-5206
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