Presented by Dr Dimity Podger, Director Barasa Consulting Group

I invite you to join this Masterclass and learn how to bring a values-based approach to your client projects, team and organisation, and gain significant benefits.

Our values inform, guide and influence our thoughts, words, decisions and actions.

When we are working with clients, in teams and in our organisations, it's mission critical to get clear on the shared values that are important and that will guide how you work together to achieve your collective vision.

With a set of values, and a shared way of working together, you build internal cohesion within a group, as well as trust and respect.

These elements underpin the success of your endeavours.

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF DEFINING AND ACTIVATING VALUES?

In a snapshot, defining values together:

• Creates a common language and understanding of how you will go about things within a team, organisation and with clients
• Brings coherence and meaning to product and service design, culture and behaviours
• Ensures everyone is working on the same page and know how to go about things together
• Defines a guiding framework of the right and good way to make decisions, work through dilemmas and tensions
• Guides in choices like who you recruit into a team or organisation to ensure alignment
• Builds cohesion and trust, connecting people meaningfully across a team and organisation

WHAT WILL WE COVER IN THE MASTERCLASS?

During this 1-day experiential Masterclass you will:

1. Gain an understanding of what shared values are and why they are so important to identify and define
2. Learn how to identify and define values for your client project, team, or organisation
3. Workshop an approach that you can use in your context post this Masterclass
4. Explore good case studies of team and organisational values
5. Explore practices to successfully activate and integrate values
6. Practice creating values-based stories to guide behaviours, actions, decisions, and practices

HOW WILL THE DAY RUN?

Experiential learning is the best way to gain new skills and knowledge. The day is interactive and draws on creative approaches to explore and apply the examples, processes, templates and frameworks provided. Check out the video and images to get a sense of the interactive process I design and facilitate.

WHO IS THE MASTERCLASS FOR?

This session has been designed for people for:

• Small teams, small businesses or start-ups
• Project teams and team leaders
• Owners / managers of businesses
• People and culture leaders
• Client project leads

The Masterclass has places for 12 people only.

IMPACT

We support Sustainable Development Goals #4 Quality Education. A belief that inspires us is the belief in the limitlessness of human potential. Education, both formal and informal, is key to enabling people to unlock their potential. As a result, 20% of the proceeds of this Masterclass will be donated to BackTrack. You can read more about this incredibly transformative organistion here.

REFRESHMENTS

Morning and afternoon tea will be provided. There are a range of options for lunch near our venue or feel welcome to bring your own.

WHAT DO CLIENTS SAY ABOUT WORKING WITH DIMITY?

Dimity was a gift. She worked with us to define our values. Her work has helped us to truly understand the values we uphold at work each day, and deeply connect with the way we want to create change. Working with her has given us an immense appreciation for process and the importance of connecting with higher purpose. (Thea Souter, CEO, Youth Food Movement)

Barasa’s program was a tremendous experience. Not only did it help us to better understand the power of a well-crafted set of values and purpose, but also how transformative these tools can be to realising an organisation’s goals. I would highly recommend the Values@Work programme to anyone looking to create a positive change both in themselves and in their company. (Alex Siewert, Strategy Director, The Leading Edge)

YOUR FACILITATOR

Dr Dimity Podger, Director Barasa Consulting Group

Dimity is a purpose and values specialist and facilitator for leaders, teams and organisations. She co-creates programs with teams from small to medium sized enterprises to bring their purpose and core values to life across leadership, culture, systems and operations. Her all-in creative approach builds cohesion and trust, and cultivates meaninging and engagement.

For over 15 years, she has delivered purpose and values-driven leadership and culture initiatives to clients including small to large companies, public service agencies, not for profits, and social enterprises, across sectors in Australia and overseas. She has worked with brands like Youth Food Movement (YFM), The Ethics Centre, Cure Brain Cancer Foundation, StartSomeGood, NSW Procurement, The Ethics Centre, Domain Group, and the National Public Service of PNG.

Prior to forming Barasa, Dimity was the senior research fellow with an international team of civil society organisations, businesses and researchers. Together, with 150 organisations across 60 countries, they created WeValue, a framework of values-in-action indicators and measurement tools, that entities can use to define and measure sustainability values-in-action.

Through her work she has experienced how critical it is for stakeholders to build a common vision and define a shared set of values to enable decision-making, guide and inspire design, and align behaviours.

She is excited to share this interactive and immersive Masterclass with you.