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Corporate Circles- Transforming Conflict and Building Trusting Teams

corporate circlesThis book provides a step-by-step, proven strategy for creating conversations that result in resolved conflict and trusting teams. Corporate Circles show you how to:

  • transform conflict into collaboration
  • build trusting teams and morale
  • repair damaged work relations
  • enhance individual empathy and accountability
  • prevent future conflict

Fitzgerald uncovers the fallacies that prevent corporations from resolving conflict and explains why this solution works so well. She instructs on how to set up a Corporate Circle, how to prepare participants and how to facilitate your own Circle. You will walk away with the secret recipe for building an empathetic and trusting workplace in any company in any conflict.

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Praise for Corporate Circles

"…an extremely useful book - a practical, step-by-step guide to facilitating conflict conversations that can be used by any manager, team or organization to turn conflicts into collaborations….It is a "must-read" for anyone who wants to improve workplace communications."
- Kenneth Cloke and Joan Goldsmith, authors of Resolving Conflicts at Work: Eight Strategies for Everyone on the Job and The End of Management

"Fitzgerald is at the cutting edge of bringing restorative practices to corporations. She provides wonderful real life examples as well as an overview of how-to do it."
- Ted Wachtel, co-author of Toughlove, author of Real Justice and President of the International Institute for Restorative Practices

"Finally a book that reveals how circles are readily adaptable to the challenges corporations and government organizations encounter every day. Fitzgerald's book is a must not just for managers but for anyone seeking to build respectful, productive relationships within any work environment."
- Barry Stuart, co-author of Peacemaking Circles, retired judge, CSE Consulting Group


One Circle - Tapping the Power of Those Who Know you Best

one circleWe all want to be part of a Circle — a group of like-minded people who will help us be our absolute best. Successful business people are creating their own mastermind groups, peer mentoring groups and executive forums to solve problems and share experiences in a confidential and supportive environment.

This definitive guide introduces a unique model for creating your own dynamic group — One Circle. You will learn how to:

  • find the right members
  • facilitate the meetings
  • make the Circle safe for candid conversations
  • deal with problems within the group

Circles are powerful groups at work, in business and in life. In your Circle you will solve day-to-day problems, develop skills and achieve your goals. By applying the unique Circle Principles you will create a self-sustaining group that will evolve to meet your changing needs. You will develop trusting relations and create a place where change and growth will happen.

This book provides essential information about the power of Circles. It is the definitive tool you need to create your own successful sustaining Circle. This book is for entrepreneurs, executives and professionals, inside and outside corporations, who want to be more effective and efficient at achieving their goals and living more balanced

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Circle Meetings - Using the Circle Process to Make Every Meeting More Effective

circle meetingsMeetings can be a waste of time if not conducted properly. Are you tired of unproductive meetings? Do you sit through meetings and wonder why so little gets accomplished? Would you like to learn an easy step-by-step technique that will improve the effectiveness of your meetings — from the boardroom to the living room?

Many meetings are unproductive because people don't feel comfortable enough to be candid. This book will help you improve any meeting — from boardrooms to offices — by using a simple straight forward Circle Meeting process. In this guide you will learn how to:

  • create a Circle Meeting
  • set meeting guidelines
  • facilitate Circle meetings
  • deal with problems in meetings

This book is all you need to change your current meetings into tools of change.

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Mission Possible: Creating a Mission for Work and Life

mission possibleDo you live and work with a sense of purpose, passion and energy? Do you have a direction that is inspiring and energizing? People with a mission achieve more success by aligning their uniqueness and passion with their work. They enjoy what they do and feel that what they do is meaningful. With abundant energy and a strong sense of purpose and direction, they know exactly where they are going and how to get there. In this book, Maureen Fitzgerald introduces a unique process for creating your own mission for life and work. She shows you how to:

  • Create your personal vision
  • Identify your particular uniqueness
  • Develop your own mission statement
  • Select goals and strategies for fulfilling your mission
  • Implement your mission and overcome obstacles

Maureen shares stories of those who have created and are now living their dreams. You will walk away with a concrete action plan, including strategies to bring about your mission. If you want to achieve success professionally or personally — Mission Possible is the solution.

Praise for Mission Possible

"Maureen has brought more than possibilities to the reader. She has brought clarity, solutions and direction! This is a book for everyone - A MUST read".
- Ann Coombs, Futurist and Author of the best selling "The Living Workplace."

"Mission Possible is a timely book for the generation that no longer accepts mediocrity. Ms. Fitzgerald's ability to move people from dreams to reality is extraordinarily rare. She provides a simple, process with deep roots that will take you step-by-step from vision to action. If you truly want to align yourself with your work, Mission Possible is for you."
- Monica Beauregard, President of Bridgepoint Human Resources Inc., Toronto

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NEW OFFERING: MISSION POSSIBLE FACILITATORS GUIDE
If you are interested in teaching others we also provide a complete Mission Possible Facilitators Guide which includes a complete set of training materials, full and half day agenda, PowerPoint presentation, and tips on how to market your seminar. You only need to promote the seminar, sign up participants and offer the course - in person or by teleclass. The price of the guide is $249 (plus GST) and includes personal advice from Maureen Fitzgerald. Please email her to learn more: Maureen@CenterPointInc.com.