The Four Seasons of Business
With Pamela Meekings-Stewart
at The Woolshed
The Four Seasons of Business
The Four Seasons of Business is a workshop for people who deal with other people – in teams and individually. It has been used effectively by people who run businesses and by trainers, mentors, life coaches and the self-employed. It is based on a deep but simple understanding of the dynamics of change with groups or teams and our own place within them. It is important that each of us knows our particular strengths in groups (our season and our contribution) and that we learn the strengths of people who are not like us (their season and their contribution) and our appreciation of that contribution.
The Four Seasons of Business also covers the vital skill of effective communication with different personality types in groups and teams.
From my experience of teaching Career Management, Change Management and practising career counselling, meditation and other disciplines, this workshop will draw on the quadrant principles of the seasons of Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn and their movement from Initiation to Openness to Affinity (Winter); Passion to Commitment to Alignment (Spring); Identity, to Discrimination to Ripening (Summer) and Healing, to Harvest to Reflection (Autumn). I have used this technique effectively in management training and career planning for over 20 years
The Four Seasons of Business works with how to get the best out of a group or team and how to dynamically move it from idea to completion in a natural cycle of change – The Wheel of Segais. The Personal and the Process contribute to the whole. Unfortunately, sometimes we not only lose sight of the end (the goals), we lose sight of the beginning (ourselves) as well. Stress rises, needs don’t get met, deadlines scream and what was once the ‘dream organisation’ becomes the nightmare. Balance and harmony have fled.
The Workshops are held at “The Woolshed” in Pukerua Bay north of Porirua. I can also travel within New Zealand and run workshops at your place of business specifically tailored to your needs.
The day consists of time to listen, time to think, time to talk, time to process, time to have fun, time to ‘chill out’, time to be still and go within, time to relax, time to walk and stretch.
This is a light-hearted workshop which will help you nurture yourself and your organisation. Participants bring their own lunch. Tea, coffee, water and ‘treats’ are provided.
I just wanted to further express my gratitude at the work that you put into the 4 Seasons workshop. I felt very nurtured (my water element coming out)! And felt you presented so well, bringing yourself into the workshop and running it in a professional and ‘on track’ manner!! I got so much out of the content (and I am still laughing over our ‘sales pitch to the panel’). The material out of the course will assist not only me personally with interacting with the world, but also in utilising the skills learnt, with identifying how best to relate to my clients, colleagues and those near and dear to me. Thank you once again Pamela – for your essence, humour and skill that you bring to the world!
Estelle Cainey
We so enjoyed our Saturday on the other 4 Seasons course that we’d love to join this one too.