Greenlands Masterclass - Leading Through Conflict Transformation - NEW

This event is exclusive to members of The Henley Partnership.

To book please contact your HR or Learning and Development team at your organisation.

Unsure who to contact? Please do not hesitate to contact us at thp@henley.ac.uk

This intensive, experiential one-day session will examine the premises, principles and practices for building trust and transforming conflict as a powerful force for positive generative change in your organisation.

During the day, we will examine typical dysfunctions and defensive routines within human systems (teams, organisations, communities) and the costs incurred when there is lack of trust and a fear of conflict.

We will explore the application of a range of models for deepening our understanding of trust and of conflict; reframe some of our perspectives; identify some robust premises and principles; and take time to practise the application of this knowledge in action in groups together, through exercises and simulations.

We will also consider leadership of self, and the idea that leadership is a choice. We will use reflective practice at the end of the day to consider those moments in which we seized or failed to seize the opportunity to demonstrate leadership.

By the end of this session, you will have gained:

• an appreciation of the nature and cost of dysfunctions and defensive routines in human systems
• an understanding of premises, principles and approaches for building trust and transforming conflict as a powerful force for positive generative change in your organisation and its work
• practice and confidence in the application of transformative dialogue skills in your work
• experience of a reflective practice to strengthen leadership through conflict transformation

This session is for current senior and upcoming future leaders of private, public and third sector organisations, who may be wrestling with a variety of complex challenges. It is for people who are curious about the potential to transform conflict into a positive source of energy for constructive, generative change and value creation, and who are committed to developing individual and collective capabilities to sustain high-performing teams.

Mark is passionate about transformational change in individuals, organisations and communities. He provides consulting and coaching support for people wrestling with leadership challenges, complexity and conflict. Mark is focused on developing individual and collective capacities to produce high-performing teams by:

• bridging the knowing/doing gap
• embracing complexity, sense-making, systems thinking and power dynamics
• deploying different leadership behaviours for crises, technical problems and complex ‘wicked’ problems
• developing collaborative leadership for public value creation
• understanding conflict, individual emotions and organisational defensive routines
• developing capacities for transformational dialogue and building trust
• developing effective practices for individual and organisational reflection and learning

Mark’s work includes: facilitating on the UK Government’s Major Projects Leadership Academy, delivered by the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School for senior UK civil servants; the Oxford Negotiation Programme; the Centre for Democracy and Peacebuilding’s Leadership Innovation Labs and Fellowship programmes; NHS organisational development; and Scottish senior public service leadership development.

Mark has 30 years’ experience working with different governments, NGOs, the Olympic movement, in corporate law and the private sector. He has worked in the UK, India, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Papua New Guinea. In Jordan, Mark served for 12 years as CEO of Generations for Peace, a global peacebuilding organisation with 22,916 peacebuilders in 52 countries.

Mark graduated magna cum laude from University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and HEC Paris Business School (MSc in Consulting and Coaching for Change); Université Lyon 1 (MA in Executive Management); University of Edinburgh (LLB-Hons; DipLP); and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Mark has aadditional certificates in: transformative dialogue; community dispute resolution; non-violent communication; conflict resolution, transformation and peacebuilding; NEO-PI-R Primary Colours Leadership Assessments; and artificial intelligence.

Mark began his career as a corporate lawyer in the UK and India. He served with the British Army and Foreign and Commonwealth Office and was awarded an MBE by HM Queen Elizabeth II for his work in Iraq, 2003–2005. He was awarded the United States Secretary of Defence Medal for Exceptional Public Service in 2004, was named CEO of the Year 2022 by CEO Monthly, and won the 2022 Peacemaker Award from Brigham Young University Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution.

Mark began his career as a corporate lawyer in the UK and India. He served with the British Army and Foreign & Commonwealth Office and was awarded MBE by HM Queen Elizabeth II for his work in Iraq 2003-2005. United States Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service 2004. CEO of the Year 2022 by CEO Monthly. 2022 Peacemaker Award by Brigham Young University Centre for Peace & Conflict Resolution.

*Up to 2 places per member organisation. 'Up to' indicates the maximum number per member organisation. All places are subject to availability at the time of booking.*