Civility Training
The Institute for Civility’s training curriculum emphasizes the need for a new understanding of civility. The training opens the door to a new imperative around civility by teaching participants how to challenge their own biases and check their own defenses before forming an opinion or taking a position. The result of the training is a new, more inclusive understanding of civility that embraces our shared lived experiences.
What makes us different
Civility is the baseline of respect we owe one another in public life.
Traditional applications of civility that emphasize manners and behavior over meaningful engagement and shared understanding have led us to a fatal misunderstanding of how to resolve our differences. Forced politeness that conceals authentic human feeling only fosters resentment and drives agendas underground.
Through our Civility Training programs, participants come to understand why traditional applications of civility have historically been used to marginalize population segments, repress dissent, reinforce existing social power, and ultimately impede shared understanding.
Highlights
Civility Training
Why Civility Training?
The cost of incivility is high.
The absence of respect, kindness, and shared understanding in our professional and personal interactions not only diminishes the health and well-being of our society but also has a profound psychological and emotional impact on the individual. Chronic incivility often produces a state of “fight or flight,” where the symptoms of stress range from depression to anxiety to addiction to lowered self-esteem to diminished capacity.
Our Civility Training programs are specifically designed to address the stresses of incivility directly, equipping individuals with the tools they need to step outside the emotionally and psychologically destructive systems of attack and defense. Participants learn to recontextualize their experience of themselves and others in ways that produce healthier, less stressful, and more productive outcomes.
Testimonials
What our participants are saying
Outcomes
Training that gets results.
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Improved communication and listening skills
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Increased empathy for the lived experience of others
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Improved communication and listening skills
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Awareness of the disparity between intent and impact
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Decreased reactivity in emotionally charged environments
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Strong professional and interpersonal relationships
Ready for radical change? Let’s explore!
For over 20 years, the Institute for Civility has been the leading voice for civility. In-person and virtual training is delivered by our Civil Certified Master Facilitators who are lauded for our focus on listening, storytelling, and engaging and activating people of diverse backgrounds and experiences. We’d love to design a civility training program that meets your specific needs. Reach out to get the conversation started.
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