Open Courses
Building competence in collective leadership and stakeholder collaboration
Open Courses

CLI’s open course format is ideal for individuals and (small) groups who would like to apply collective leadership and stakeholder collaboration in their daily work. We offer four CLI courses “The Art of …”, each with a different focus.

To choose the right course, feel free to see what other clients usually have chosen before*:

Working area Recommended training if applicable: continue with…
International development cooperation: advisor, technical staff The Art of Stakeholder Collaboration The Art of Leading Collectively, The Art of Process Facilitation or The Art of Transformative Change
International development cooperation: country director, project leader, team leader The Art of Leading Collectively The Art of Transformative Change
International development cooperation: stakeholder dialogues facilitator The Art of Process Facilitation (formerly: The Art of Dialogue) The Art of Leading Collectively
Civil society organisation The Art of Stakeholder Collaboration The Art of Leading Collectively
University / research The Art of Leading Collectively The Art of Transformative Change
Corporates / private sector advisors The Art of Stakeholder Collaboration The Art of Leading Collectively
Public sector / Ministries The Art of Stakeholder Collaboration

*This information is based on the regular evaluation of our open courses. Of course, your individual training needs might differ (see graph below).

If you wish to participate three courses to become a certfied Collective Leadership Specialist, find more information under certification track. If you wish shorter introduction workshops instead, find them in the short courses section.

You can find more information on each “The Art of …” training below. The following graph gives you additional help to choose the right foundation course to start with:

The Art of Leading Collectively

This course will help you to implement more outcome-oriented and constructive co-creation on a day-to-day basis for yourself, your team, your organisation, and your change initiative with diverse stakeholders. It equips dedicated change makers in the public and private sector, as well as civil society organisations, with a tool for better co-creation. The dimensions of collective leadership can be learned and enhanced – individually and collectively.

Are you starting a complex cooperation project, or are you in the midst of one you want to improve? Do you need to shift the mind-set of stakeholders toward collaboration, or to find new ways to overcome challenges? Do you need to arrive at tangible outcomes in a short time frame?

The tool presented in The Art of Leading Collectively – the Collective Leadership Compass – helps you to keep your collaboration journey on track and to find the necessary course corrections.

YOUR KEY TAKE-AWAYS

  • Know how to prepare for your collaboration journey
  • Assess where you are, define what is present and what is missing
  • Map the path, adjust strategies, and know what to shift, to strengthen, or to focus on
  • Convince colleagues and partners that leading collectively will ease the management of complex change
  • Take the content of the book ‘The Art of Leading Collectively’ into the practice of outcome-oriented and constructive co-creation
88%
of the participants assess the relevance of the course for their daily work as high or very high. *
95%
of the participants assess the level of professional expertise of CLI facilitators excellent or good. *
93%
would recommend this training to colleagues or professional partners. *
The Art of Leading Collectively

- 3 days of online-training
- core methodology: CLI Collective Leadership Compass
- tuition fee: € 467 per online presence day
Registration status: OPEN

3 November — 8 November 2021
Collective Leadership Institute gGmbH, Kurfürstenstraße, Potsdam, Germany
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The Art of Leading Collectively - What particpants learned in the course
The Art of Stakeholder Collaboration

Stakeholder Collaboration has been recognised as critical to finding solutions to the complex challenges of sustainable development. The Art of Stakeholder Collaboration is the foundation course of CLI’s educational programme. In this course, you will build your strategic abilities and implementation skills in stakeholder engagement, dialogue, and collaboration processes for high-impact solutions.

YOUR KEY TAKE-AWAYS

  • Learn how to successfully implement stakeholder collaboration through the application of the Dialogic Change Model
  • Understand the business case for co-creative stakeholder engagement
  • Learn how collective intelligence, commitment, and ownership can emerge
  • Produce a stakeholder network map to prioritise engagement activities
  • Develop new engagement strategies to minimise unproductive conflict and a methodology to create sustainable partnerships
94%
of the participants assess the relevance of the course for their daily work as high or very high. *
95%
of the participants assess the level of professional expertise of CLI facilitators excellent or good. *
99%
would recommend this training to colleagues or professional partners. *
The Art of Stakeholder Collaboration

- 4 days of online-training
- core methodology: CLI Dialogic Change Model
- tuition fee: € 350 per online presence day
Registration status: OPEN

15 November — 23 November 2021
Collective Leadership Institute gGmbH, Kurfürstenstraße, Potsdam, Germany
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The Art of Stakeholder Collaboration

- 4 days of online-training
- core methodology: CLI Dialogic Change Model
- tuition fee: € 350 per online presence day
Registration status: OPEN

29 November — 7 December 2021
Borei Angkor Resort & Spa, National Road 6, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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The Art of Stakeholder Collaboration

- 4 days of online-training
- core methodology: CLI Dialogic Change Model
- tuition fee: USD 375 per online presence day (USD 1,500 / EUR 1,400 in total)
Registration status: CLOSED

30 September — 8 October 2021
Global Development Policy Center, Bay State Road, Boston, MA, USA
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The Art of Stakeholder Collaboration - Participants' feedback
The Art of Process Facilitation

For experienced trainers and facilitators or for people who participated in one of the other open courses already and who wish to improve their dialogic facilitations skills, The Art of Process Facilitation (formerly: The Art of Dialogue) offers plenty of opportunities. Learn about new tools for dialogic facilitation and develop your own personal leadership and communication styles for Stakeholder Collaboration. Self-observation, peer-reviews, and our professional feedback will guide you through the journey of improving your communication. Come with your (cross-sector) team and enhance the quality of your team communication.

YOUR KEY TAKE-AWAYS

  • Enhance your current levels of competence for dialogue and communication
  • Develop your ability to anchor dialogic practices in your stakeholder engagement at all levels
  • Empower yourself to develop your presence and stay more present, relaxed, and focused in demanding situations

 

95%
of the participants assess the relevance of the course for their daily work as high or very high. *
95%
of the participants assess the level of professional expertise of CLI facilitators excellent or good. *
97%
would recommend this training to colleagues or professional partners. *
The Art of Process Facilitation

- 4 days of online-training
- core methodology: CLI Dialogic Change Model
- tuition fee: € 350 per online presence day
Registration status: CLOSED

10 June — 18 June 2021
Collective Leadership Institute gGmbH, Kurfürstenstraße, Potsdam, Germany
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The Art of Process Facilitation
The Art of Transformative Change

Do you need to build large cross-institutional or international networks to drive transformative change?

Do you need to diagnose complex systems of actors and identify entry points for change?

Do you need to design a “Theory of Change” that captures multi-level interventions?

If so, The Art of Transformative Change will help you to design and implement strategies for impactful networks of change-makers and future-oriented organizations. It equips dedicated change stewards in public, private, and civil society organisations with tools for driving systems change in networks. Understanding the collaboration catalysts and transformation enablers will help you stewarding collaborative networks for systems impact.

YOUR KEY TAKE-AWAYS

  • Diagnose your system of actors and identify entry points for transformation
  • Use the Collective Leadership Compass to develop a transformative “Theory of Change”
  • Define key action steps to set up a thriving network of actors
  • Develop your network journey for strategizing transformative change around the six transformation enablers for sustainability
  • Use the collaboration catalysts to track your progress and adjust your strategies

 

+++ New couse format, no participants’ course assessment available yet. +++

The Art of Transformative Change

- 4 days of online-training
- core methodologies: CLI Collective Leadership Compass
- tuition fee: € 350 per online presence day
Registration status: OPEN

9 December — 14 December 2021
Collective Leadership Institute gGmbH, Kurfürstenstraße, Potsdam, Germany
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The Art of Transformative Change - Theory of Change Example from Egypt

*  All figures are based on the anonymous participants’ course assessment for our courses in the last 5 years.

+++ Important information on Corona Virus +++

While the Corona Virus has caused disruptions in our personal and professional lives, it also invites us to be mutually supportive and innovate our way into a new future.

CLI is regularly evaluating the Covid-19 pandemic, including in terms of holding in-person vs. digital workshops.  Therefore, CLI’s open course policy during the pandemic is as follows (latest updated on 11 January 2021):

  1. All open courses in 2021 will take place online. We do not want to put CLI staff, partners, and workshop participants at risk.
  2. In all cases where a planned callsroom training needs to be replaced by an online workshop, all participants who have already registered for a classroom training will be contacted by CLI. Registrations generally remain valid unless CLI cancels the alternative online course or starts it at a different date than originally booked by the participant.
  3. Participants’ feedback from CLI’s online open courses conducted since May 2020 have proven a similar satisfaction rate with the course contents and facilitation like our in-person workshops (see satisfaction rates in the online intensive training section). While the content and individual reflection parts of the training are at the same level in CLI’s online trainings, the knowledge transfer even works better for most participants than in classroom trainings. Only group dynamic processes are less developed in the online formats, due to less socializing possibilities. However, all participants so far felt strongly connected to the training group and appreciated peer learning activities. So feel free to make best use of tried and tested high-quality stakeholder collaboration and collective leadership methodologies in new formats while the world keeps changing.
  4. If you cannot participate because the technology does not work out for you, of course you get your money back or a voucher for the next online course. The best way to ensure a smooth online experience is to request a test session with us in advance or to participate the free information sessions for each online course. This also gives you the chance to talk in advance on your projects, challenges, skills, etc. that you would like to address with the CLI training.

You might have to organize more online stakeholder dialogues and meetings in future. CLI is your trusted partner in offering you methodologies and know-how, as well as conceptualizing and supporting such sessions. Feel free to contact us at germany@collectiveleadership.com should you have any questions. Stay tuned, stay curious, stay well!

The CLI team.

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