Theory in Practice: 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. 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.

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 will be scheduled in the future.

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