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Working Connections

The Working Connections Project, of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, is an exciting endeavor designed to explore, define, and develop a revolutionary approach to enhancing business practices and productivity of organizations preparing for the next millennium. The work in this project is based on the Relational/Cultural Theory of development, which proposes that growth-fostering relationships are a central human necessity and that disconnections are the source of a multitude of psychological, social, and organizational problems.
About the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute
The Jean Baker Miller Training Institute is dedicated to the theory that people develop in and through connections to others. The widespread implications of this theory have been explicated in several books and almost 90 working papers. It has been researched by workers in many institutions across the country who are linked through the JBMTI Research Network. The Institute provides several kinds of training, including courses, workshops, presentations, intensive training institutes and a biannual conference co-sponsored by the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education. Publications are available by contacting the Publications Office at 781-283-2500.
Working Connections Key Topics
A New Model of Effectiveness
Relational and emotional intelligence, empathic responsiveness

Strengths of Relational Practice
Mutual empowerment, authenticity, listening/responding, the mechanics of mutuality

Having an Impact
Working more effectively; shifting organizational norms; relational resistance and resilience; building a new language of competence

Reframing Leadership
Fluid expertise, embedded outcomes, continuous teaching

Diversity
Doing things differently; considering the complexities of race, ethnicity, class and gender; building collaborative communities

Decision Making
Relational strategies of effective decision making

Waging Good Conflict
Managing adversity, competition--who wins?

Conditions of Creativity
The dynamics of growth-in-connection, creating growth-fostering conditions within and among people

Working Connections Upcoming Events
Workshop: Saturday, February 23, 2002
Corporate Connections & Disconnection: Why Do Women Leave?
 
Training Institute: Thursday - Friday, April 11-12, 2002
Spring Training Institute: Relational Practice: The Power of Connection in the Workplace

Linda M. Hartling, lhartling@wellesley.edu
Jean Baker Miller Training Institute
Stone Center, Wellesley College
Date Created: July 1, 1996
Last Modified: March 8, 2004
Expires: August 30, 2008