The Small Group Initiative: Facilitate Productive Communication & Sustain Lasting Culture Change Across Institutions

"In every sector - business, academic, government, nonprofit and religion - the leadership industry has failed to equip modern leaders to solve the employee disengagement crisis rampant across the globe. Widespread disengagement stagnates an institution's culture, sabotaging its ability to innovate and keep pace with evolving challenges. The Small Group Initiative speaks to this very need and was designed to inspire cultural revival by growing and sustaining productive employees that are the lifeblood of all flourishing institutions.

The premise of the Small Group Initiative is straightforward - form small groups of approximately 6 to 10 individuals to tackle the subject of core values in honest and respectful discussion. Thereby, you will build lasting relationships of integrity and trust, and create humble leaders equipped to engage with their institution's vision and achieve unprecedented levels of success. The method outlined in our book can be applied in any type of institution without any additional resources. Each of the concise twelve chapters centers on a value and forms the basis for discussion for a single meeting and is concluded with a case study, discussion questions, a personal reflection challenge, and action steps to guide the group towards meaningful and engaging discussion. Thus, participants become the instrument of necessary change in their workplace culture by thoughtfully considering how these ageless values should inform how they communicate with others, how they deal with negotiations and manage conflict, and how they develop and empower. Because every individual is treated as a leader in their own sphere of influence, the Small Group actively equips every participant to revitalize their institutional culture. This book is the product of three authors and their combined 82 years of experience in the sectors of business, leadership development, academia, nonprofits, and religion as well as the feedback from Small Group facilitators from separate year-long trials of the Small Group Initiative at University, with further expansion expected in Fall 2024."