Advanced Groupwork: Collaborate, facilitate and lead
An 8-month immersive journey for leaders and facilitators ready to navigate complexity, transform group dynamics, and build thriving teams.
Advanced Groupwork invites leaders, collaborators and facilitators to deepen their capacity to support thriving teams in times of complexity and change.
Program Overview
The Advanced Groupwork program supports people to bring out the best in teams and groups.
We invite you into a living learning space that is both classroom and laboratory - bringing the theory to life through experiential practice, group discussion, and reflection on the human skills that help groups thrive.
The Gathering
Face-to-face
Our 8-month program begins with a face to face gathering in a (residential) retreat setting - a space to immerse yourself in the learning, meet with your experienced program leads and nurture peer relationships - and indeed the group that you become a part of, that all play a role in your Advanced Groupwork adventure.
Monthly Workshops
Online
The opening retreat is followed by monthly online workshops, where we delve into the critical skills required for self aware, power-literate, equitable and effective collaboration, facilitation and leadership.
Throughout the program your learning is reinforced through reflective practice, supported by program facilitators and your learning triad and practice group.
Midway Point Gathering
Face-to-face
The mid-way point of the course is a chance to reconvene in person, with a face-to-face three-day gathering.
The end of the program gently integrates your learnings in preparation for …
You will come away with the self-awareness, practical tools, and relational skills to show up well for your teams, communities and organisations.
Beyond the course you remain a friend of Groupwork Centre, invited to stay connected to a network committed to … through ….
Program Overview
End of Program
Face-to-face
After Program
Online Community
Course Modules
Facilitation Foundations and Group Formation
Effective Group Collaboration
Power, Equity and Justice in groups
Conflict, Polarisation and Repair
Workshop Design, Facilitation and Evaluation
Leading Change in Organisations: Strategy, Systems and Influence
Inclusive and Adaptive Collaborative Practice
Integration, Practice and Mastery
Endings and Integration
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the program, you will be able to:
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Articulate and enact a clear facilitation philosophy, integrating self-awareness, values and principles, and awareness of unconscious dynamics to guide practice in complex environments.
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Analyse and interpret patterns, power, and dynamics across groups, organisations, and broader systems and intervene skillfully to support movement and change.
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Design, adapt, and facilitate processes that enable groups to navigate complexity, generate insight, and move toward meaningful, practical outcomes.
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Recognise and work with visible and invisible power, support groups to understand structural inequities, and design processes that disrupt dominance and enable more just participation.
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Create conditions for groups to engage constructively across difference, hold multiple truths, and navigate conflict, polarisation, and uncertainty with care and clarity.
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Create environments that support psycho-social safety, regulate group energy, enable accountability and repair, and sustain individuals and groups over time.
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Stay present and responsive to self, others, and the wider system—including cultural, ecological, and First Nations contexts—while working with integrity and care.
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Create inclusive processes that respond to diverse cognitive styles, identities, and formats (in-person, online, hybrid), and enable meaningful engagement for all participants.
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Exercise leadership and professional judgement to advise clients, design for multi-stakeholder contexts, and integrate emerging tools (including AI) while maintaining human-centred practice.
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Apply a wide range of creative, evidence-informed methods and adapt them to support groups navigating complex challenges and change.
Pricing details
(working in progress)
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Group Discount available: We offer 10% off full price when 2 or more people from an organisation book into the same dates for this course. For each participant booking, in the Coupon field, please enter the word TEN , then click on Apply to receive your discounted total.
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If you prefer to pay by direct transfer into our account, please use the following information:
Account Name: Commonground Training Resources Inc BSB 013 375 Account No 1107-71797
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Please complete the information fields above, then click on Make Booking. We will email your tax invoice to you.
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Upon enrolment, you agree to the cost of this course. All course fees are to be paid prior to the course commencement date.
A 100% refund of the fees paid will be given when we receive notice of your cancellation more than one calendar month prior to the commencement date. If a cancellation is received within the calendar month prior to the commencement date, and your place within the course can be replaced, your fees will be refunded less a $50 administration fee. If your place cannot be filled then your course fee will be forfeited.
If you have any questions about the payment process or the course, please contact us.
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