Transforming Conflict
Mighty Heart
Enabling Profound Change to Happen Now
Change in how we make decisions is now imperative. Global challenges are now urgent, and are not close to being resolved. We witness increasing division everywhere. New skills are vitally needed, at personal and political levels. The Mighty Heart course offers these skills, skills that help each one of us to transform the sense of loss and overload that so many people are feeling today. It enables us to listen, to turn anger into a fuel for change, to face our own internal critic, to develop the presence needed in a crisis, to take a stand on key issues, to consult the wisdom of the heart â and thus break down silos in families, companies, communities and countries.
Innovation and teamwork are too often held back by an inability to manage disagreement constructively. The Mighty Heart programme shows you and your teams how to transform these frustrations into communication that is effective, and develop real collaboration leading to purpose-driven leadership. In this way we can transform frustration and tension into action for positive impact in the world. For information about the organisation and courses offered see the Mighty Heart website.
Voices of the Mighty Heart
Maximilian Schuessler
Country Manager H&M
Romy Mann-Sangkuhl
H&M Talent Manager + Inclusion & Diversity Responsible AT/CH/SI
Ankur Kamalia
Former Managing Director at Deutsche Börse Group and UBS
The Mighty Heart Journey
Beat Confusion & Depression
Everybody can cultivate their capacity to listen, manage difficult conversations and beat the confusion and depression of the pandemic by developing right brain intelligence, taming their inner critic, and discovering the initiatives latent in the heart.
Manage Disagreement
We live in complex and challenging times. Innovation and teamwork are too often held back by an inability to constructively manage disagreement.We Invite you and your teams to transform these frustrations into effective communication and collaborative actions, contributing to purpose-driven leadership.
Meet your Exceptional Teachers
By learning from inspirational leaders with experience of the most challenging conflicts around the world, you will develop the skills needed to transform conflicts and crises that may be personal, organisational or even at an international level.
Your Challenges
We listen to your challenges and bring forward the components of the course that will help you the most; whether that be decision-making, communication, well-being, values or purpose. We work with small leadership teams orgroups of more than 150 people.
Shift the Energy in your Organisation
You and your team will learn how to shift energy; from anger and anxiety to action; from fatigue to service, developing an overall safer and thriving atmosphere at work.
Listening Skills
We all think weâre good listeners, and most of us are not. Youâll learn how by listening deeply to someone who is angry or aggressive, you can completely transform the interaction.
Cultivating a Mighty Heart
Some people think that the heart belongs only in the home, or in religion, but youâll get to see how powerfully effective the heart can be at work, achieving results.
In a world where people are facing uncertainty, loneliness, complexity and conflicts, the Mighty Heart online course is a lighthouse to find your way back to your heart, and open up to your real compassion! Guided by visionary leaders, you will get a deep dive into an awakening heart-driven leadership approach. This 10-week course will enable you to find your own answers to the fundamental questions which really matter in your life.
Angela Gallenz
These skills have been invaluable to those of us working with teams all over the world. We have been guided in our inner work to discover our purpose and passion. We have gained the courage to be honest, found reliable ways of confronting our anxieties and inner critic, the wisdom and confidence to take a stand on issues that really matter today, and the ability to transform the conflicts that inevitably arise in a highly complex world.
Dirk Van Onsem
The course structure, the master facilitators, teachers, and hosts, the community and the integrated tools used, have enabled me to live from my heart and with more authenticity, compassion and listening. The course with its intense 10-week journey is a must for those who are curious, who want to make a difference and want to further our collective work towards building a better future.
Ankur Kamalia
Benefits
Participants will come away equipped to transform inner and outer conflict, to lead and take action on the issues that matter, and to be of service to their teams, clients and constituencies.
This course offers you the skills of conflict transformation to develop your inner power and awareness, creating a shift to an open, collaborative atmosphere at work.
The course connects the compassionate, creative power of the heart to the rational logic of the mind, equipping participants with a toolbox of skills for compassionate leadership.
Participants will be lead through a transformative journey to learn and apply the critical soft skills needed for the challenging and turbulent times we live in.
By learning from inspirational leaders with experience of the most challenging conflicts around the world, participantswill develop the skills needed to transform conflicts and crises that may be personal, organisational or even at an international level.
Our experts show how tension can be used as a source for transformation. We listen to your challenges and bring forward the components of the course that will help you the most; whether decision-making, communication, well-being, values or purpose.
The Mighty Heart Course âthe 10 Modules
Over the course of ten weekly modules, this course offers you the skills of conflict transformation to develop your inner power and awareness, creating a shift to an open, collaborative atmosphere at work or in your community:
- 10 online modules of 2 hours each
- Q&A Sessions-Practice in groups of 3
- Access to a private online community platform
- All classes will be recorded, video and audio.
- All participants will receive a workbook
When we own the loss, the grief, and the anger in our lives, we can discover and tap into a vast energy for change.
We can turn the power of our anger into an internal fuel that gives us the energy to put right cruelty and injustice.
Actually listening to someone you disagree with or dislike can reveal a goldmine of vital information that you can use to prevent and resolve conflict.
Train yourself to have the kind of innate presence that not only can de-fuse a tense situation, but can actually save lives.
Opening the heart makes compassion possible. It can change family life, transform negotiations and even stop a massacre.
Left-brain linear thinking is obsessed with measurement, results, and âwinningâ. The right brain supplies balance by seeing the whole picture and using compassion to find solutions that benefit all.
To enable those of us (90% of us) who are plagued by Imposter Syndrome, to transform this inner critic into an ally, and even a guide.
When faced by an apparently insoluble problem, develop the habit of using our intuition as a resource for action.
When thereâs an issue you care about, learn to be able to stand up and deliver your message with courage, clarity, presence and purpose.
The mantra of last century was âwhat can I get?â but the new passion is âwhat can I give?â. Be part of the millions worldwide who have decided to get action and build a safer future.
The Mighty Heart Teachers
By learning from inspirational leaders with experience of the most challenging conflicts around the world, the course will show you how to use conflict and crises successfully as a source for transformation.
Dr. Scilla Elworthy
Founder, The Mighty Heart and Business Plan for Peace
Liz Kingsnorth
International NVC Trainer
Nicholas Janni
Founder, Leader as Healer Program
Sheva Carr
Director, HeartMath
Mac Macartney
Founder, Embercombe
Gulalai Ismail
Founder, Aware Girls
Jo Berry
Founder, Building Bridges of Peace
Dylan Mathews
CEO, Peace Direct
Robert Browning
Director HeartMath
The Mighty Heart in Action
H&M
Changing Corporate Culture
H&M are now integrating the values of the Mighty Heart across their business. Each of their stores aims to contribute positively to their local community, and with over 1,000 outlets in Europe the potential for connections and wider impact is enormous. They are living their values as an organisation, investing in the people who make them successful, and contributing to more cohesive communities. By adopting the lessons of the Mighty Heart, leaders and influencers within the organisation are affecting a widespread improvement in the culture.
H&M Next Chapter
Integrating new Values
We are pleased to have completed three further courses with H&M, deepening their understanding and impact of the Mighty Heart values. As a result, H&M are looking further into how they as individuals and as a company can impact the communities and world around them in a positive way.
The Might Heart in Chile
A New Constitution
Our first course in Spanish was a wonderful opportunity to support the representatives of Chile who had helped design a new constitution for their country, and the despair they felt as it was ultimately voted out. The impact the course had on their spirits and renewed courage was heart warming and inspiring.
11 New Facilitators
Expanding the Network
We are also celebrating eleven new facilitators who will be graduating from our MH Facilitator Course early next year. Their experience with corporate challenges, peace-building arenas and community settings means we are ready for the various opportunities opening up for the Mighty Heart in Action in 2023 and beyond.
Societal Outcome
The Mighty Heart was soon running a pilot course for 30 leaders and managers across H&Mâs European region. Participants reported that they had never asked themselves many of the questions that were guiding the Mighty Heart journey. They had considered themselves to only be guided by their heads, rather than their hearts. The structured and guided course helped them open up, to create an atmosphere where everyone felt equal and able to explore and develop in their own way.
They developed the skills of deep listening, and an ability to treat colleagues as complete human beings. The value of the course was felt immediately and a second course was organised for a further 80 colleagues, followed by regular monthly updates to encourage furtherprogress and additional programs to reach leaders in other regions of the corporation.
