About the Programme
The Thinking Environment® provides unique conditions for people to think independently, identify their own inherent resources, resolve their own dilemmas, and more. And in so doing, they come to appreciate that others they manage, lead, coach, teach, live with or love can do the same.
My Time to Think Foundation course is an inspirational course to develop your skills and presence in helping groups and teams to generate their own best thinking in ways they never thought possible.
You’ll be able to hone your skills in helping others to achieve, and importantly, to apply your learning immediately in all kinds of group and team meetings and events. You will learn how to set up pairs, small groups, rounds, large groups, how to present in a Thinking Environment, and how to make a positive impact on organisational culture with this approach. You’ll also experience the Time to Think Council - a remarkable way for groups to share their experience in such a way that it doesn’t undermine independent thinking. It will also significantly enhance the quality of your 1:1 coaching.
And naturally, as this course is delivered and experienced online, you will learn how to create Thinking Environments yourself in an online setting.
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This online course takes place over 4 sessions, with weekly group sessions each Thursday afternoons on 7, 14, 21 and 28 October, from 1.30pm to 5.00 pm GMT.
It will take your listening skills to new heights. You will become connected in whole new ways to the experience of being wholly present for people and helping them to do the same.
4 x 3.5-hour Live Group Workshops, offering highly interactive, experiential learning
Intersession practice of “Thinking Pairs” and “Dialogue”
Access to a fascinating collated collection of online learning support materials (TED Talks, podcasts, articles, blogs) between each session, and all available to download for your own keeping.
About You
This course brings an exceptional professional development opportunity for coaches, change managers, HR and OD professionals, consultants, facilitators, coaches, mentors, facilitators, trainers, managers and leaders. In fact, anyone who wants to create conditions for thinking, relationships and performance to flourish in groups.
You may also want to improve your own relationships through becoming a highly skilled listener. And you may want to take this as the first step on the journey towards becoming a qualified Time to Think Facilitator, for which this course is prerequisite.
What is the cost?
£675
Clare RIchmond, Award Winning Speaker, Coach and Consultant ( July 2020) “Having recently qualified as a coach, I attended Linda's Time to Think foundation course wanting to add another level to my coaching. The idea of giving someone time to think things through for themselves seems the ultimate act of respect, and is deceptively hard to do. Linda is an outstanding facilitator and teacher. Her profound belief in this approach gives weight to the experience, and her calm and engaged demeanour provide the perfect environment to experience and practise this transformational approach. So grateful to have had the opportunity to work with her and be inspired in an approach that has already made a big impact on my coaching. Thank you Linda!”
Amanda Childs, Group HR Director of Kyocera Document Solutions UK, “The Time to Think Foundation with Linda is an excellent programme which allows you to practice, test and then build your competence in taking advantage of having a great Thinking Environment. The techniques seem so simple at a glance, yet it takes real practice to master them. There is huge gain to be had if you take the time to understand its power and relevance back in the work place as well as at home. Linda makes the experience really engaging and the learning effortless. I have come back to work and am adopting all of the practices and seeing real benefits as a result”.
Rebecca Moore, Culture and Mindset Change Lead at BP, “I recently (Sept 2020) attended Linda's Time to Think foundation course after reading the book by Nancy Kline, wanting to add this skill to my coaching and facilitation experience. It's a great course, and Linda is a wonderful role model of how to expertly create a thinking environment. She's masterful at what she does, and I learned lots from observing how she is being as well as practising in the course”.
To book a place
Firstly, please read the course Terms and Conditions here and then complete the booking form below. We will then send you an invoice, pre-reading, and tips for preparing for the course.
More from what others who’ve been on this course say:
Richard Brown, Thinking Partner at Minds Wide Open, ”As I left Linda’s course bound for my everyday world I left with a wonderful feeling of hope, optimism and excitement.”
Ewan Hilton, CEO, Platfform (formerly Gofal), “Linda is a highly skilled, intuitive coach & facilitator with a wonderful ability to bring a group together, develop a powerful sense of team & galvanize great decision making & action”.
Paul Snowden, Missisauga, Ontario, “After reading Nancy Kline’s book ‘Time to Think’, I was inspired to take this course. So much so, that I decided to fly from Canada to take it. Needless to say, I had high hopes and expectations….and they were not disappointed. Linda delivered an amazing program and brought the 10 Components to LIFE. It was truly an inspiring and clarifying experience to have taken this course. And that was a direct result of Linda’s skill and experience as a Time to Think practitioner. She connected all the dots and helped answer the practical questions of how to integrate this into our professional and personal lives. It was super. Don’t hesitate. Sign up today!”.