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Certificate course for program coaches

The way to the certificate

Step 1: Seminars

The certificate course in course guidance is structured in modules, so the seminars can be completed in any order. It is recommended to attend the two obligatory basic seminars „Trade Union Education – What’s that?“ and „Basics Course Support“ at the beginning of the course if possible. Building on this, one seminar from each content module must be completed:

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#grumo_08: Diversity in the group

Sometimes it’s not easy to harmonise different things.

Maria is still drawing on her paper when the others arrive. This time they meet in a garden in the city. Beate looks curiously over Maria’s shoulder „What are you doing?“ she wants to know. Maria sighs and explains that she is trying to form small groups for a course, but is getting nowhere. She would like as many diversity categories as possible to be taken into account and the small groups to be as heterogeneous as possible.

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#grumo_07: When interests collide

This time we’re going to let it rip! That’s right, it’s about conflicts in the group. What do I do when everyone is arguing? What is a conflict and how do I deal with it as a group leader or facilitator? Is a conflict always loud? And what do I do when there is no solution?

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#thedi: „Building“ Countervailing power – Part 2

Which ingredients does the “magic potion” countervailing power consist of? 

Betriebsrat als Gegenmachts-Zaubertrank für Gewerkschaften und Arbeiterkammern,
cc: Philip Taucher

We all know the stories of Asterix and Obelix, who, with a mixture of belligerence, self-confidence, shrewdness, cunning and not to forget the dosed use of their magic potion, defy the superiority of the Romans again and again and stand up to them in their legendary Gallic village. There is also a superiority in the conflict of interests between capital and labour. It is an asymmetrical, unequal struggle for participation and fair distribution under capitalist conditions. This makes it all the more important to know exactly what the ingredients are and to be able to analyse them, from which we can brew our „magic potion“ „countervailing power“. 

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#visdo: Use comics to address sensitive issues

Comics as statement

Where do I start? In a world where so many things don’t seem the same as they did a few weeks ago? With a hint that we celebrate 30 issues of #visdo with this blog post? I’ve decided not to put too much emphasis on one or the other topic this time, but instead to give you a tool to celebrate the small #visdo anniversary – to find the right words in a time when many discussions are shifting to the online world and there’s so much to say. And that with comics! 

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#grumo_05: Storming to good performance

Different group phases

A group forms

In today’s post we discuss the topic of group phases and look at how they can be identified in practice.

Fortunately, our case group has recently dealt with the topic. So we again take the opportunity to look over the shoulders of our protagonists – Maria, Yasemine, Rudi, Beate and Paul – and hear what they have to say about the topic. This time it was not so easy, as our case group did not meet in the back room of the pub of their choice, but – bingo – online…

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#grumo_04: What does leading a group mean?

My role as trainer

In this part we think about our role as trainers. Beate has been asked to lead a seminar for managers who work a lot with project groups. She uses our case group to test the structure of her seminar. In doing so, she deals with questions like „What is too much control? Where is the border to complete laissez-faire and how much should trainers get involved at all?“
Welcome to grumo_#4!

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