Nonviolent Communication

After almost three decades of bringing NVC into Leadership Development and Culture Transformation within workplaces, I now want to shine the light on this work to a broader audience including the NVC community, especially for NVC Certification Candidates and NVC Trainers. The Conscious Leader Program harvests the wisdom and learnings from that experience, and makes it available as a public offering. This program would be an ideal development program for those interested in business applications of NVC.

A New Spiral of Learning is about to begin … Are you ready to take action to become a more conscious leader?

Spring 2026 Cohort of the Conscious Leader Program | Mar 11 - Jun 10

The next 13-week spiral in the journey to deepen skills & mindsets of conscious leadership within a mutually supportive learning community … begins Mar 11!

It meets weekly on Wednesdays from 1:00pm to 2:20pm EDT (6:00pm to 7:20pm BST; 10am to 11:20 PDT).

Enroll by Wed Mar 4th!

Here are a few highlights:

• An expanded intended audience to include the broadest sense of “being a leader.” Though originally designed for leaders within workplace settings, it is equally applicable to leaders in other social settings as well: in the family (parents, partners), in schools (teachers, coaches), in community groups, etc.

• Publicly available to individual leaders. Formerly available in its full form only privately within workplace organizations, it is now available as a public offering so any individual leader can enroll and participate.

• Fueled by the potency of human needs as a catalyst for transformation. Needs-Based Communication* (aka Nonviolent Communication™ or NVC) continues to be at the heart of every aspect of the Program.

• Organized in 3-month (13-week) “terms.” Each Course or Spiral within the Program lasts 13 weeks. You can choose to take only one course/spiral, or several. You can choose to continue in a consecutive term, or pause until you are ready to continue.

• Active engagement in a Conscious Learning Community. A “cohort” is a community of people who meet weekly at the same time and day of each week. Each cohort includes members with different levels of skills and experience. The community itself becomes an environment of trust and mutual support that invites authenticity and vulnerability which accelerates your development.

• Weekly 80-min group facilitator-led sessions. Interact weekly in-person (via zoom) with your specific learning community of peers and experienced practitioners. Plan to spend another 80-90 minutes each week in prep or practice activities.

• An online portal provides access to discussion groups, learning materials, recordings of live in-person sessions, and a step-by-step process of activities for each session of the Course.

• Bonus Benefits

  • Monthly facilitator-led Group Coaching calls on zoom.

  • Complimentary 3-month paid subscription to this publication and community on Substack: Becoming a More Conscious Leader

• Program pricing is structured as a monthly subscription with monthly fees between $150 (Four-Term Plan) and $180 (One-Term Plan). A Term lasts for 3 months.

  • Special Discount for new participants in the CLP program:

For new participants in the CLP program, we are offering a 17% DISCOUNT on Course 1 within the Program’s One-Term Plan. That reduces the monthly fee from $180/mo to $150/mo for the 3-month term of the course.

The funding, provided by the Weingarten Fund, will provide a partial or full scholarship for participants in the CLP who are in need of funding in order to participate.