The Reconciliation Leadership Certificate Program is offered to emerging and seasoned leaders whose passion it is to create a just, multiethnic, intercultural sustainable peace — in the community, institution, national or global setting of their choice.
Emerging and seasoned leaders will be introduced to a unique competency model that links personal, interpersonal, group/systemic and global leadership skills to ensure respect for human rights, peaceful settlement of disputes for greater ecological integrity, economic and social well being. The methodology offers competency development to integrate leaders values, skills and experience — to build on personal mission--interpersonal and relational competences to group/team and global competencies.
Reconciliation Leadership has been taught since 1999. For five years until his retirement, the program was supported and co-taught at the United Nations by United Nations Under Secretary-General Anwarul K. Chowdhury, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries.
The Practice of Reconciliation Leadership: This 10-hour course will highlight and appropriate your uniqueness and special gifts as a Mission-Focused Leader. Reflection time is provided for new knowledge, tools and techniques where values, gifts, talents and conflict management tools will be explored. Leadership arises from personal integrity, mission and skill building for career and life empowerment. Reconciliation Leaders are focused, effective, and have desire to reconcile protracted social conflicts while leading a balanced, fulfilled life.
Writing a Personal Mission Statement: A framework is offered for emerging and seasoned leaders to become aware of core gifts and talents and form a mission statement to articulate how one can make a difference in the world.
Reconciliation Leadership Coaching: Coaching to integrate the teachings, skills and leader’s reconciliation calling into one’s life, work and relationships.
Sustainability and Global Citizenship Aspects of Reconciliation Leadership: The purpose of this course is to cultivate a personal relationship to the earth and its resources as well as be exposed to the concepts and practice of global citizenship.
The United Nations and the Harmonization of Nations: An Evolving Process Accelerated by Emergencies A history of the formation of the United Nations will be given as well as how its strengths and limitations contribute and deter this body from its goal to deal with the emergencies of leadership and development in Article 1.4 of the United Nations Charter: “to be a Centre for harmonizing the actions of nations” for the global problematique.
Reconciliation Leaders and Global Frameworks. Further instruction in the practice of Reconciliation Leadership will be given with case studies to heal the cycle of violence from a larger perspective than victim or perpetrator.
Practicum: The participant leader chooses a n application of her/his learning, mission statement and special calling to a reconciliation project at the community, institutional, national or global level. The leader will apply the mission statement and all the learning thus far to a challenge to create a harmonious, multiethnic community, institution, national or global project.
To make reservations or for more information, please contact Virginia Swain at 508-753-4172 508-245-6843 , or vswain@global-leader.org.
Reconciliation Leadership is a trademarked service of the Institute for Global Leadership © 2010
More Information on the Program
More of our humanity is needed now to address the world leadership vacuum. Being effective leaders in the current global reality requires different values, skills and experience. An interdependent global economy requires a new leadership style that will evoke the best in people and teams to reconcile issues for the common good.
The Reconciliation Leadership Program activates the best of our humanity and reconciles the crises of communities, institutions, nations and global challenges to prepare for becoming part of a Global Mediation and Reconciliation Service.
Successful graduates of the program are eligible for consideration in joining a Global Mediation and Reconciliation Service consultations.
Reconciliation Leadership is a systems approach to peacebuilding, allowing leaders to be practical idealists and realists with a toolbox of techniques to address any challenge in any setting—family, community, organization, national or global institution.
The leadership arises from the leader's compelling vision, mission, skillbuilding, a broad world view and a commitment to be at peace in oneself and in service to others for an interdependent global society. In an initial consultation, potential participants are shown how this program can enhance their own life and work challenges as well as support their hopes and dreams for a sustainable, multiethnic peace. Reconciliation Leadership is a trademarked service of the IGL
Our leadership competencies are cultivated through our consultation and training. Consider what Richard E. Boyatzis, says in The Competent Manager: A Model for Effective Performance: "A transformation must occur within an individual to enable her/him to learn a new competency." Our leaders will have the confidence in themselves not to impose their agendas on the groups with whom they work; rather they will help their constituents actualize their own dreams. We train leaders to lead from their unique vocational calling, special gifts and governance while being fully aware of how to work within their limitations
The Reconciliation Leadership Certificate Tutorial is led by Institute for Global Leadership Founder and Director Virginia Swain, who has 25 years of practical experience on five continents as an educator, consultant, ombuds, mediator, mentor, counselor and manager and trainer in commercial and non-profit enterprises. Through the Institute, Ms. Swain provides programs designed to empower emerging and seasoned leaders for the conditions of today’s local, national and global challenges.
Ms. Swain authored A Mantle of Roses: A Woman’s Journey Home to Peace. More information on the book. "Because I have a certainty of what I am being led to do with my life, I understand now how I can make a difference in the world." —From the Introduction to A Mantle of Roses: A Woman's Journey Home to Peace (book available from the Instructor)
