Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space,
During the past thirty three years of working with OST, my long held
passion is the use of OST within organizations so that every OST meeting in
the organization is a catalyst for what's next. If you have interest in
developing your OST work beyond a singular event, and into use with
regularity in an organization, an online learning opportunity
https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/ is
coming up in October, facilitated by myself and Rachel Bolton. Each of us
brings expertise of leading organizations that make regular use of OST
meetings as catalysts for 'What's Next' with its dance of divergence,
convergence and emergence.

I trust that just the right people will feel inspired to join us in this
learning journey. Are you one of them? Is it the right timing for you in
your life learning journey?

When I attended my first OST training with Harrison in the days that he
facilitated four day OST trainings, I was the senior leader of a
multi-service social and health service in an inner city. During this
training I started to imagine the potential of OST within an organization.
Intuitively I recognized that its use, while originally conceived as an
event, had profound potential when used regularly within an organization. I
can now look back with deep gratitude for the work I was privileged to do
with OST within organizations. I am particularly grateful for the
experiences that resulted in social impact.

Warmly,
Birgitt

Birgitt Williams
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants  *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing  a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com

Upcoming Workshops
Working with Open Space Technology | October 8, 9, 15 & 16 | Online
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12 &
19, 2025 | Online
Holistic Leadership Development | January 5-10,  2026 | Online

http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/ for any of these
workshops here.

Go to www.genuinecontact.net http://www.genuinecontact.net to see the
public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact
trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training
for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williams
birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to
discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.

16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729
Phone: 01-919-522-7750
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I think this is such a wonderful opportunity for a deep dive in learning about Open Space Technology and how this method can be used in a holistic container for organizational development. I was happy to join your training maaany years ago and it warms my heart to know its available all over the world in this format. You/we are quite in the forefront in my view regarding facilitating online too – so that’s a very powerful combo!
Highly recommended
Big OST hugs
Thomas Herrmann

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Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space,
During the past thirty three years of working with OST, my long held passion is the use of OST within organizations so that every OST meeting in the organization is a catalyst for what's next. If you have interest in developing your OST work beyond a singular event, and into use with regularity in an organization, an online learning opportunityhttps://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/ is coming up in October, facilitated by myself and Rachel Bolton. Each of us brings expertise of leading organizations that make regular use of OST meetings as catalysts for 'What's Next' with its dance of divergence, convergence and emergence.

I trust that just the right people will feel inspired to join us in this learning journey. Are you one of them? Is it the right timing for you in your life learning journey?

When I attended my first OST training with Harrison in the days that he facilitated four day OST trainings, I was the senior leader of a multi-service social and health service in an inner city. During this training I started to imagine the potential of OST within an organization. Intuitively I recognized that its use, while originally conceived as an event, had profound potential when used regularly within an organization. I can now look back with deep gratitude for the work I was privileged to do with OST within organizations. I am particularly grateful for the experiences that resulted in social impact.

Warmly,
Birgitt

Birgitt Williams
Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership development, and the benefits of nourishing  a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.comhttp://www.dalarinternational.com

Upcoming Workshops
Working with Open Space Technology | October 8, 9, 15 & 16 | Online
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12 & 19, 2025 | Online
Holistic Leadership Development | January 5-10,  2026 | Online

Go to www.genuinecontact.nethttp://www.genuinecontact.net to see the public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williamsmailto:birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.

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Thank you Thomas. It has been a joy and privilege to know you for almost
thirty years, to receive all that you have put into this work within the
OST community, the Genuine Contact Organization and community, and in your
gifts to the world.  You also have been a leader in bringing this Working
with OST module to hundreds of people. I believe you also have some
training sessions coming up so please do remind us all.

For anyone wishing to join an exploration with Rachel Bolton and I in Working
with OST
https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/,
dates are Oct 8,9,15,16. There is emphasis during this online workshop
about discerning the field you are creating, readiness of the sponsor, the
participants and of course yourself, engagement through the combination of
invitation, theme, and givens, construction of the design for the OST
including online OST meetings, implementation of the outcomes, and
monitoring/adjustment of longer term outcomes to get the most from both the
anticipated results and natural emergence.

Warmly,
Birgitt

Birgitt Williams
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants  *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing  a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com

Upcoming Workshops
Working with Open Space Technology | October 8, 9, 15 & 16 | Online
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12 &
19, 2025 | Online
Holistic Leadership Development | January 5-10,  2026 | Online

http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/ for any of these
workshops here.

Go to www.genuinecontact.net http://www.genuinecontact.net to see the
public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact
trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training
for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williams
birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to
discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.

16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729
Phone: 01-919-522-7750
Like us on Facebook
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On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM Thomas Herrmann via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> wrote:

Thanks Birgitt.
Yes for sure there are upcoming trainings.
In January in Sweden/Swedish. And we are currently looking for dates for another OST training in the Netherlands too, in English. One will for sure happen in Sept-26.
Greetings
Thomas

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Thank you Thomas. It has been a joy and privilege to know you for almost thirty years, to receive all that you have put into this work within the OST community, the Genuine Contact Organization and community, and in your gifts to the world.  You also have been a leader in bringing this Working with OST module to hundreds of people. I believe you also have some training sessions coming up so please do remind us all.

For anyone wishing to join an exploration with Rachel Bolton and I in Working with OSThttps://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/, dates are Oct 8,9,15,16. There is emphasis during this online workshop about discerning the field you are creating, readiness of the sponsor, the participants and of course yourself, engagement through the combination of invitation, theme, and givens, construction of the design for the OST including online OST meetings, implementation of the outcomes, and monitoring/adjustment of longer term outcomes to get the most from both the anticipated results and natural emergence.

Warmly,
Birgitt

Birgitt Williams
Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership development, and the benefits of nourishing  a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.comhttp://www.dalarinternational.com

Upcoming Workshops
Working with Open Space Technology | October 8, 9, 15 & 16 | Online
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12 & 19, 2025 | Online
Holistic Leadership Development | January 5-10,  2026 | Online

Go to www.genuinecontact.nethttp://www.genuinecontact.net to see the public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williamsmailto:birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.

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I think this is such a wonderful opportunity for a deep dive in learning about Open Space Technology and how this method can be used in a holistic container for organizational development. I was happy to join your training maaany years ago and it warms my heart to know its available all over the world in this format. You/we are quite in the forefront in my view regarding facilitating online too – so that’s a very powerful combo!

Highly recommended

Big OST hugs

Thomas Herrmann

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Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space,

During the past thirty three years of working with OST, my long held passion is the use of OST within organizations so that every OST meeting in the organization is a catalyst for what's next. If you have interest in developing your OST work beyond a singular event, and into use with regularity in an organization, an online learning opportunityhttps://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/ is coming up in October, facilitated by myself and Rachel Bolton. Each of us brings expertise of leading organizations that make regular use of OST meetings as catalysts for 'What's Next' with its dance of divergence, convergence and emergence.

I trust that just the right people will feel inspired to join us in this learning journey. Are you one of them? Is it the right timing for you in your life learning journey?

When I attended my first OST training with Harrison in the days that he facilitated four day OST trainings, I was the senior leader of a multi-service social and health service in an inner city. During this training I started to imagine the potential of OST within an organization. Intuitively I recognized that its use, while originally conceived as an event, had profound potential when used regularly within an organization. I can now look back with deep gratitude for the work I was privileged to do with OST within organizations. I am particularly grateful for the experiences that resulted in social impact.

Warmly,

Birgitt

Birgitt Williams

Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants

Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership development, and the benefits of nourishing  a culture of leadership.

www.dalarinternational.comhttp://www.dalarinternational.com

Upcoming Workshops

Working with Open Space Technology | October 8, 9, 15 & 16 | Online

Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12 & 19, 2025 | Online

Holistic Leadership Development | January 5-10,  2026 | Online

Go to www.genuinecontact.nethttp://www.genuinecontact.net to see the public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williamsmailto:birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.

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Dear friends and colleagues,
I have a story that still touches my heart and it is funny. I carried out a
nine month consulting assignment to bring about organizational
transformation in a health center. About sixty staff. The leader, Heather,
and her Director of Operations, Jim, had engaged me after attending a half
day info experience with me. At the info session, they seemed the most
skeptical. Instead, they weren't skeptical but very discerning hence the
questions to me that seemed skeptical.

I met with the leadership team frequently to support their development in
leading the organization from a holistic perspective, including
participatory processes in which all voices would be heard. We worked
together on their leadership of leading in a way that all people in the
organization would engage in their own leadership. I loved working with
this team. Heather as accountable to a Board of Directors, was cautiously
optimistic about adopting this leadership style. Jim was for it realizing
its value even before he met me...he simply hadn't had the words or how to
for achieving this different leadership approach.

The staff team disliked the circle configuration for our meetings, disliked
both Open Space Technology and Whole Person Process Facilitation, and
really disliked that my presence represented change. Still, despite their
dislike, they participated, posting topics, taking their leadership. The
transformation was underway with frequent OST meetings interspersed with
Whole Person Process Facilitation meetings, the latter or which supported
moving OST meeting results into action.

At our second last meeting, when I went to sound the Tingsha to start the
meeting, and no sound was heard. Oh my! I looked at the Tingsha, turned
them over and discovered that cotton balls had been taped to the underside
to cancel the sound. The entire staff team was waiting for my response and
I was laughing. They laughed. And we proceeded with the meeting and
successful organizational transformation.

On the last day of the assignment, just before sounding the Tingsha, I
turned them over to look at the underside. No cotton balls. I rang them and
within seconds bells were ringing all around the circle. Everyone had
brought a bell and were ringing it to show me and each other that they got
it...they were taking their leadership, each and every one. Great
improvements happened. One is noteworthy. One of the OST topics was 'Just
Do It'. The topic leader had moved his topic into action for monthly
meetings to keep pursuing 'Just Do It'. When I was brought back in for a
follow up a year later, he said to me "I have been holding my meetings
every month on my topic, but no one ever comes. I sit there alone
contemplating 'Just Do It'. I wondered aloud how he felt about this
seemingly failed actionable item. He looked at me and said that it didn't
fail because everyone was deeply engaged out in the facility 'Just Doing
It' and getting it done. His job, as he saw it, was to maintain an energy
for 'Just Do It' and so he remained committed to those monthly meetings of
one for years.

If you have interest in learning with Rachel and I about Working with OST
inside of organizations, we have an online Working with OST workshop coming
up Oct 8,9,15,16.
https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/
Warmly,
Birgitt

Birgitt Williams
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants  *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing  a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com

Upcoming Workshops
Working with Open Space Technology | October 8, 9, 15 & 16 | Online
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12 &
19, 2025 | Online
Holistic Leadership Development | January 5-10,  2026 | Online

http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/ for any of these
workshops here.

Go to www.genuinecontact.net http://www.genuinecontact.net to see the
public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact
trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training
for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williams
birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to
discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.

16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729
Phone: 01-919-522-7750
Like us on Facebook
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM Thomas Herrmann <
thomas@openspaceconsulting.com> wrote:

Thanks for sharing your story dear Birgitt. So funny and powerful!

I am just going into the second round of a full year process with an organisation with a hundred employees.
Again we have an ambitious plan including prep meetings, an all staff open space technology meeting, follow-up meetings, an introductory training teaching how to use the basics from whole Persson process facilitation in an online environment, for conveners of action plans, a couple of mentoring circles before the follow-up meeting six months after the open space.
Such a joy!
Thomas

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Dear friends and colleagues,
I have a story that still touches my heart and it is funny. I carried out a nine month consulting assignment to bring about organizational transformation in a health center. About sixty staff. The leader, Heather, and her Director of Operations, Jim, had engaged me after attending a half day info experience with me. At the info session, they seemed the most skeptical. Instead, they weren't skeptical but very discerning hence the questions to me that seemed skeptical.

I met with the leadership team frequently to support their development in leading the organization from a holistic perspective, including participatory processes in which all voices would be heard. We worked together on their leadership of leading in a way that all people in the organization would engage in their own leadership. I loved working with this team. Heather as accountable to a Board of Directors, was cautiously optimistic about adopting this leadership style. Jim was for it realizing its value even before he met me...he simply hadn't had the words or how to for achieving this different leadership approach.

The staff team disliked the circle configuration for our meetings, disliked both Open Space Technology and Whole Person Process Facilitation, and really disliked that my presence represented change. Still, despite their dislike, they participated, posting topics, taking their leadership. The transformation was underway with frequent OST meetings interspersed with Whole Person Process Facilitation meetings, the latter or which supported moving OST meeting results into action.

At our second last meeting, when I went to sound the Tingsha to start the meeting, and no sound was heard. Oh my! I looked at the Tingsha, turned them over and discovered that cotton balls had been taped to the underside to cancel the sound. The entire staff team was waiting for my response and I was laughing. They laughed. And we proceeded with the meeting and successful organizational transformation.

On the last day of the assignment, just before sounding the Tingsha, I turned them over to look at the underside. No cotton balls. I rang them and within seconds bells were ringing all around the circle. Everyone had brought a bell and were ringing it to show me and each other that they got it...they were taking their leadership, each and every one. Great improvements happened. One is noteworthy. One of the OST topics was 'Just Do It'. The topic leader had moved his topic into action for monthly meetings to keep pursuing 'Just Do It'. When I was brought back in for a follow up a year later, he said to me "I have been holding my meetings every month on my topic, but no one ever comes. I sit there alone contemplating 'Just Do It'. I wondered aloud how he felt about this seemingly failed actionable item. He looked at me and said that it didn't fail because everyone was deeply engaged out in the facility 'Just Doing It' and getting it done. His job, as he saw it, was to maintain an energy for 'Just Do It' and so he remained committed to those monthly meetings of one for years.

If you have interest in learning with Rachel and I about Working with OST inside of organizations, we have an online Working with OST workshop coming up Oct 8,9,15,16.https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/
Warmly,
Birgitt

Birgitt Williams
Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership development, and the benefits of nourishing  a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.comhttp://www.dalarinternational.com

Upcoming Workshops
Working with Open Space Technology | October 8, 9, 15 & 16 | Online
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12 & 19, 2025 | Online
Holistic Leadership Development | January 5-10,  2026 | Online

Go to www.genuinecontact.nethttp://www.genuinecontact.net to see the public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williamsmailto:birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.

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Thanks Birgitt.
Yes for sure there are upcoming trainings.
In January in Sweden/Swedish. And we are currently looking for dates for another OST training in the Netherlands too, in English. One will for sure happen in Sept-26.
Greetings
Thomas

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Thank you Thomas. It has been a joy and privilege to know you for almost thirty years, to receive all that you have put into this work within the OST community, the Genuine Contact Organization and community, and in your gifts to the world.  You also have been a leader in bringing this Working with OST module to hundreds of people. I believe you also have some training sessions coming up so please do remind us all.

For anyone wishing to join an exploration with Rachel Bolton and I in Working with OSThttps://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/, dates are Oct 8,9,15,16. There is emphasis during this online workshop about discerning the field you are creating, readiness of the sponsor, the participants and of course yourself, engagement through the combination of invitation, theme, and givens, construction of the design for the OST including online OST meetings, implementation of the outcomes, and monitoring/adjustment of longer term outcomes to get the most from both the anticipated results and natural emergence.

Warmly,
Birgitt

Birgitt Williams
Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership development, and the benefits of nourishing  a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.comhttp://www.dalarinternational.com

Upcoming Workshops
Working with Open Space Technology | October 8, 9, 15 & 16 | Online
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12 & 19, 2025 | Online
Holistic Leadership Development | January 5-10,  2026 | Online

Go to www.genuinecontact.nethttp://www.genuinecontact.net to see the public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williamsmailto:birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.

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On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM Thomas Herrmann via OSList <everyone@oslist.orgmailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:

I think this is such a wonderful opportunity for a deep dive in learning about Open Space Technology and how this method can be used in a holistic container for organizational development. I was happy to join your training maaany years ago and it warms my heart to know its available all over the world in this format. You/we are quite in the forefront in my view regarding facilitating online too – so that’s a very powerful combo!

Highly recommended

Big OST hugs

Thomas Herrmann

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Ämne: [OSList] for anyone interested in working with OST as a catalyst for what's next in an organization...an online workshop is coming up

Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space,

During the past thirty three years of working with OST, my long held passion is the use of OST within organizations so that every OST meeting in the organization is a catalyst for what's next. If you have interest in developing your OST work beyond a singular event, and into use with regularity in an organization, an online learning opportunityhttps://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/ is coming up in October, facilitated by myself and Rachel Bolton. Each of us brings expertise of leading organizations that make regular use of OST meetings as catalysts for 'What's Next' with its dance of divergence, convergence and emergence.

I trust that just the right people will feel inspired to join us in this learning journey. Are you one of them? Is it the right timing for you in your life learning journey?

When I attended my first OST training with Harrison in the days that he facilitated four day OST trainings, I was the senior leader of a multi-service social and health service in an inner city. During this training I started to imagine the potential of OST within an organization. Intuitively I recognized that its use, while originally conceived as an event, had profound potential when used regularly within an organization. I can now look back with deep gratitude for the work I was privileged to do with OST within organizations. I am particularly grateful for the experiences that resulted in social impact.

Warmly,

Birgitt

Birgitt Williams

Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants

Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership development, and the benefits of nourishing  a culture of leadership.

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Upcoming Workshops

Working with Open Space Technology | October 8, 9, 15 & 16 | Online

Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12 & 19, 2025 | Online

Holistic Leadership Development | January 5-10,  2026 | Online

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Dear Thomas,
what a great brief outline of the steps you are taking to support the
people in an organization develop their capacity for making the most of an
OST meeting into the ongoing workings of an organization. You also support
the changing culture that encourages people in their leadership.

I appreciate that you work and teach the way we Work with OST the Genuine
Contact Way of what we create prior to an OST meeting, what we do after the
meeting, and how we support the organizational change that comes from
regular use of OST meetings in an organization. You create a more life
nourishing way of working, tapping into the leadership of everyone with
enough (but not too much) support in doing so.

Of course the facilitation of the OST is kept true to what we were taught
by Harrison.

Within this moment on the planet, it is good to know that there are many of
us working with one leader at a time, one organization at a time, step by
step, to bring about a more life nourishing future for the generations that
follow us. We instill hope as we infuse all work in Open Space with the
value that hope brings.

Sent with a hug,
Birgitt
Birgitt Williams
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants  *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing  a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com

Upcoming Workshops
Working with Open Space Technology | October 8, 9, 15 & 16 | Online
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12 &
19, 2025 | Online
Holistic Leadership Development | January 5-10,  2026 | Online

http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/ for any of these
workshops here.

Go to www.genuinecontact.net http://www.genuinecontact.net to see the
public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact
trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training
for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williams
birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to
discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.

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On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM Thomas Herrmann <
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