Helping mission-driven organizations scale inner development for transformational impact.
Over the course of two decades of experimentation and innovation at high performing nonprofits, Dr. Max Klau developed an approach to integrating a powerful, scalable process of inner development into purpose-driven organizations. He tells the story of how he arrived at this model, how it works, and how it is currently having an impact in the world in his new book, Developing Servant Leaders at Scale: How To Do It, and Why It Matters, with a foreword by renowned Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
Max Klau founded the Center for Courageous Wholeness to bring this work into the world.
An Approach that is Practical, Proven, and Powerful
Courageous Wholeness Consulting guides organizations and communities through the work of achieving the following:
Internalizing a set of key mindset shifts that are essential for delivering inner development at scale with excellence
Learn how to create and hold spaces that invite deep reflection and inner development in ways that are effective and scalable
Identify and train existing staff to skillfully facilitate meaningful dialogue
Build a new organizational capacity to engage in question finding and curiosity
Successfully engage not only the enthusiasts, but also the skeptics and the cynics
The Courageous Wholeness model has been refined over the course of years of experimenation and innovation in mutliple high-performing nonprofits. It’s a proven, practical, and powerful approach, and we can help you bring it to your organization.
The Consulting Journey
Inner development is not a simple technical challenge that can be deployed across an organization like a new software program. To do this work with excellence, organizations must adopt new mindsets that shift their understanding of how leadership is practiced and how change happens. For this reason, we approach each consulting relationship as a collaborative journey.
Although each consulting engagement is unique, here’s an overview of our recommended process for bringing this work to your organization:
First Steps
Key staff participate in our signature training, Leading with Wholeness. This 60-90 minute workshop can be deliveredvirtually or in-person; it provides a brief but powerful encounter with our approach to inner development.
A Deeper Dive
If there is interest in moving forward with this work, the next step is to bring together a larger group of relevant staff to experience the Courageous Wholeness Intensive. This day-long workshop guides participants through four key mindset shifts that inform this approach to providing experiences of inner development at scale. The day ends with a chance to reflect on lessons learned and possible next steps.
Program Pilot
The next step is to collaborate on the design and launch of a pilot experience that introduces this work to the organization in a strategic manner. Participants in the pilot will be carefully selected, with the understanding that these individuals will have the opportunity to serve as facilitators who will later guide other staff through the program.
Large-Scale Rollout
If the organization wants to grow this work following the completion of the Pilot, we will collaborate on a thoughtful Large-Scale Rollout Plan that grows the capacity of the organization to provide these experiences with excellence to a larger community of employees. The Center will offer Facilitator Trainings and ongoing support, with the goal of building the organization’s capacity to deliver this work with excellence on a long-term basis.
Ongoing Engagement
The Center will provide ongoing opportunities to engage with other organizations using this model, as well as with thought leaders and practitioners doing relevant work. Organizations will become part of a growing ecosystem of institutions and communities working to provide inner development experiences at scale to their staff. The Center is committed to cultivating a robust and engaging community of practice around this work in the years ahead.
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