The Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems invites you to join our Residential Group Relations Conference for opportunities to learn in real time about authority and leadership.

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Our Mission, Our Values

The mission of CSGSS is to further the understanding of groups and organizations as conscious and unconscious social systems through experiential learning, education, and application.

We value learning from experience through reflection on the conscious and unconscious processes in group life.

We are committed to learning about how group members take up leadership and authority in various contexts.

We value a systems framework that respectfully engages our differences to deepen our understanding of how groups work and survive.

We aspire to mitigate economic barriers for those who desire to attend our events.

We are committed to developing an authorized membership that is active in the Center's mission and work.

We are committed to furthering the application of psychodynamic organizational thinking to real-world dilemmas.

We are committed to cultivating a community of people who are interested in group relations and using group relations thinking to erode barriers to dialogue and belonging.

"I got a hold of how unconscious baggage held back my effectiveness. The conference freed me to work much more effectively and enjoy work that had previously exhausted me."

Dwight Jewson, PhD. Strategic Frameworking

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Using the Tavistock group relations tradition of open systems and psychodynamic theories, CSGSS, the Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems develops group relations conferences, meetings, and other events to further learning about group processes.

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Registration Now Open

January 17-21, 2024

CSGSS's RESIDENTIAL CONFERENCE

Location: THE CONNORS CENTER – Dover, MASSACHUSETTS

ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS INCLUDED

Director: Sheri-Ann Cowie, PhD

For more information and to register visit leadershipgrc.com

Relentless change, globalization, technological disruption, and increasing complexity pose deep challenges for our organizations and institutions. How leadership and authority are exercised play a decisive role in meeting these challenges. They too evolve as organizations evolve, requiring new ways of thinking that shape our effectiveness as individuals and the ability of our Institutions to fulfill their purposes. The pressing need to enhance individual, group, and systemic capabilities require deeply attending to the realities that people and organizations face today.

The Boston Affiliate of the A K Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems.

CSGSS Group Relations Reading Group

The Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems, the Boston Affiliate of the A. K. Rice Institute, is pleased to announce a reading group series. Open to members and non-members of CSGSS. Attendees receive recordings of the talks. Visit the events page to register for the current talk.