Human Connection SKILLSETS and MINDSETS are the most valuable skills and ideas in the world today.

The Human Connection Practice Intensive is 4 3.5 hour practice sessions where you will develop advanced Human Connection Skillsets and MINDSETS and practice techniques that you can use for your coaching, business, leadership,  and most importantly every relationship in your life.

The Zoom Intensive is typically done in 4 weekly sessions so you can practice in between sessions.

 The BIG IDEAS

In this audio I will share with you a few of the BIG IDEAS about the Intensive. 

We LOVE SKILLS and we LOVE a safe space to practice.

Advanced Human Connection Skills are the essential gateway to our most precious Dreams: like coaching, business, leadership, being valued in a community and thriving as a professional.

And also our DEEPER Dreams we have (and we all have) for freedom, purpose, friendship, creativity and self-expression, profound belonging and deep self-confidence.

AND… they are ALSO the gateway  to dissolve our most precarious and perplexing problems; like overwhelm, frustration, anxiety, addiction, loneliness (obviously), self-doubt and MORE. The reason Human Connection SKILLS can dissolve these problems is because these are all SOCIAL problems. They manifiest within individuals but they are CAUSED by our toxic culture of control and neglect.

The BIG AHA…

While we have been trained by the toxic Industrial Culture to want and admire THINGS…What we truly desire (crave) are new Human Connection experiences.

To have new experiences we need NEW Advanced Human Connection SKILLS.

To develop new SKILLS we need… PRACTICE!

And the BEST type of practice is guided practice in a safe space with a Great Coach!

That’s where I (Coach Dave) come in… with the Human Connection Practice Intensive!

This program is a powerful collaboration between me and my former collaborator, the late great Thomas Leonard who is credited with founding the Life Coaching Profession.

He articulated these Advanced Human Connection Skills originally as the Proficiencies of Coaching.

I created the ways for us to practice them together.

As concepts they are interesting… as SKILLS that we PRACTICE they are transformational.

One of my Super Skills is creating unique exercises and techniques to practice SKILLS.

These exercises with STRETCH and EXPAND your Human Connection SKILLSET and MINDSET which will make you a MAGNET in your community for opportunities.

 

PRACTICE with the people in your LIFE!

When it comes to skills, you don’t practice one time and then that’s it.

You have to practice A LOT. So the powerful possibility is that in the Intensive you will learn how to use the Playbook to practice with a partner. Then you can use the playbook to practice with the people in your life.

You can’t practice Human Connection by yourself! LOL. And there are many people all around you who will LOVE to practice with you once you show them how.

And a special BONUS with this program is that when you register you can invite a guest to do the program with you! So. you have one ready made practice partner ready to go to get you started.

The four sessions…

There are 4 sessions… each centered around a powerful Human Connection SKILL

Session 1 = Dream Sharing

Session 2 = Growth Opportunity Sharing

Session 3 = Transformation Sharing

Session 4 = Adventure Sharing.

These are the SKILLS you need to meet new people and then grow your relationships with them… in such a way that you can choose to be companions on a shared adventure.

We will explore how you can SEE your business, profession, community or even personal growth as an Adventure with Companions.

This is a Mindset shift that will open you up to so many possibilities in life.

Also in the audio…

• Why I changed the name From Coach Intensive to Human Connection Practice Intensive
• Our BIG Purpose is to Make a Better World for EVERYONE.
• AI – Artificial Intimacy – taking human jobs.
• The rise of Fascist Authoritarian Dictatorship especially in the US where I live
• Inclusive Democracy
• This program is for THE REBELS

 

Coach Dave… I LOVE Practice!

 

YOU are going not LOVE practicing these SKILLS in the Intensive… then practicing them some more with the people in your life… and then using them with the world around you as you play your Dream.

 

To Prepare for each session

I will have an audio for you to listen to to prepare for each session with the Practice Plan.

AND we have a real treat for you with the original audio of Thomas Leonard co-creating conversations about these skills with CV Members from back in 2001.

You can listen to these before or after to gain deeper insights into the SKILLS that we practice. Concepts PLUS practice is a strong path to transformation.

 

I look forward to seeing you soon.

 

Session1 Dream Sharing

In session one we will practice several Advanced Human Connection Skills oriented toward the social situation of Dream Sharing.

 

The BIG IDEA

The BIG Idea for Advanced Human Connection SKILLS is to engage with people and grow relationships based on shared dreams; rather than tasks or transactions.

This is a BIG shift since we are all indoctrinated into completing tasks and relational transactions in the toxic Industrial Culture.

As a person with Advanced Human Connection SKILLS you will have a unique approach that will make you a MAGNET for connections and opportunities… and the ripple effect of good that you can bring to the people around you.

So the idea is that when you meet someone new, the FIRST thing you want to share with them is your dream; and the first thing you want to know about them is their DREAM.

We call this DREAM Sharing and we will practice this together in the first session.

BE THE PERSON WHO ASKS PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR DREAMS!

Your Dream is a “game” in the Play Life Station

The Courage to Dream is an incredible Human Nature Superpower. We have within us the ability to see ourselves in a future moment in our imagination and then courageously move toward that future moment even though it doesn’t exist in your current reality. WOW. So amazing that we can do that.

PLAY YOUR DREAM is a totally new idea. The best way to explain it is with a metaphor.

You are most likely familiar with the various game consoles where you plug a game into the console and the screen comes alive with a new world that you explore, face fun challenges and develop new abilities.

Imagine that this amazing world that we live in is a fully alive “Play Life Station”!

Your Dream is like a game that you plug into the game console.

After you activate your Dream by sharing it with the people around you, the world around you comes alive in a new way. Everything that happens is connected to your Dream as you PLAY your Dream every day.

And yes, you can pop the game out of the Play Life Station any time if you need a rest. 😉

 

BE THE PERSON WHO SHARES ABOUT DREAMS

BE THE PERSON WHO ASKS PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR DREAMS

 

Dream Sharing has a few common elements (and there are many possibilities to elaborate)

.1. Describe your Dream as a vision you are playing for (describe the future that you see yourself experiencing)

.2. Describe the SPARK for this Dream

.3. Describe the Ripple effect you will have on others by playing this Dream

 

THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT…

You will LOVE playing a Dream that is engaging, supportive, challenging, purposeful and fulfilling… even if right now in your life you only have 20 minutes per day to play your Dream, it will light up the rest of your life. And hopefully soon more and more of your day can be playing your Dream time. AWWWW Yeah!

 

PRACTICE PLAN

.1. Welcome and Warm Up

.2. Dream Sharing Practice

• Share a Celebration
• Social Situation = Share Your Dreams
• Human Connection Practice

 

.3. SKILL: Practice First

Using the Peak Experience Technique we will practice a desired future scene from your Dream

Practice together with your partner designing your scenes.

BIG GROUP = Imagine and FEEL your future moment

Practice together with your partner debriefing and growing from practice.

 

.4. SKILL: Engages in Provocative Conversations

Two Roles: Practice being provocative and Partner with a Dream

Using Role Play we will practice roles of being a provocative person and the partner practices being the BIG Dream version of themselves… to EMBODY the Dream.

 

.5. SKILL: Reveal the Person to Themselves

We will practice using the “Menu Exercise” technique.

The Roles are Practice and Partner

The Partner chooses an item from the “Reveals Menu” and the coach Reveals it to the player.

 

.6. SKILL: Elicits Greatness

We will practice using the “Quirky Role Play” technique.

The Roles are Elicits and Greatness

Talk together “in role” and see what happens.

 

.7. Completion and Celebrations!

Both partners share a celebration of the shared experience.

Both partners aim to go deeper…

What do you have in common with your partner

What do you see is unique and special about your partner

 

Session 2 Growth Opportunity Sharing

In session three we will practice several Advanced Human Connection Skills oriented toward the social situation of Growth Opportunity Sharing..

 

The BIG IDEA

The BIG Idea for Advanced Human Connection SKILLS is to engage with people and grow relationships based on sharing Dreams and then stories of growth opportunities, transformation and adventure.

This is a BIG shift since in the toxic Industrial Culture, we are all indoctrinated into presenting to the world that we are perfect and have everything figured out.

As a person with Advanced Human Connection SKILLS you will have a unique approach that will make you a MAGNET for connections and opportunities… and the ripple effect of good that you can bring to the people around you.

So the idea is that AFTER you meet someone new and share your Dream, the next thing you want to share with them is your growth opportunity; this will make you trustworthy, real and HUMAN!

We call this Growth Opportuntiy Sharing and we will practice this together in this session.

BE THE PERSON WHO SHARES ABOUT GROWTH!

 

A growth opportunity has 3 parts

Part 1: How is your Dream asking you to grow? (can have a short backstory)

Part 2: What are the new SKILLSETS and MINDSETS / Beliefs you are developing?

Part 3: What will become possible with these new SKILLS and MINDSET?

 

THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT…

Your Dream will present you with numerous opportunities – or DEMANDS – to Grow. In a way… this is why we Humans have Dreams in the first place.

 

The Urge to Become is a Superpower of Human Nature that guides us toward situations and challenges where expand and become the next versio of ourselves.

The most common growth opportunities come in the form of challenges that require  you to grow natural abilities or perceived weaknesses into SKILLSETS and MINDSETS.  On your adventure you will become the next version of you! The key is to SHARE about it so that others want to join you on the adventure. (we will explore this more in Session 4)

 

.1. Welcome and Warm Up

.2. Growth Opportunity Sharing Practice

• Share your Dream
• Social Situation = Share a Growth Opportunity
• Human Connection Practice

 

.3. SKILL: Hones In On What Is Most Important

You have observed your partner sharing their Growth Opportunity

“Practice”, aim to Hone in on What is Most Important: a new skill and new mindset/belief.

Then we will use the Peak Experience Technique to practice the desired future scene where you are stepping into the MOST IMPORTANT Action with new SKILLS and new MINDSET.

BIG GROUP = Peak Experience… Imagine and FEEL your future moment

Practice together with your partner debriefing and growing from practice.

 

.4. SKILL Communicates Cleanly

The two roles are Practice and Partner

“Practice” will choose a SKILL from the Clean Communication Menu

Then, using Role Play “Practice” will practice engaging the Partner about their growth opportunity using that SKILL.

 

.5. SKILL: Shares What Is There

The two roles are Practice and Partner

Use The same Growth Opportunity / Challenge

Partner, choose from the “What to Share” Menu.

Practice: Share what you see based on the selected area.

Then… Co-create awareness together.

If you have time, the Partner can choose another item on the menu.

 

.6. SKILL: Champions the Person

Again, two roles: Practice and Partner

This practice is called an “Exploration Exercise”

 

Practice: who is CHAMPIONING their partner

Partner: who is being Championed.

 

Practice will ask their Partner to describe what they want to be Championed for in a series of questions.

Then “Practice” aims to “Champion” their partner. especially “their growth”.

 

.7. Completion and Celebrations!

Both partners share a celebration of the shared experience.

Both partners aim to go deeper…

What do you have in common with your partner

What do you see is unique and special about your partner

Session 3 Transformation Sharing

The BIG IDEA

The BIG Idea for Advanced Human Connection SKILLS is to engage with people and grow relationships based on sharing Dreams and then stories of growth opportunities, transformation and adventure.

Growth Opportunities, that we practiced in Session #2 are looking forward, while Transformation stories are from your recent past.

Similar to Growth, this is a BIG shift since in the toxic Industrial Culture, we are all indoctrinated into presenting to the world that we are perfect and have everything figured out. When you share a transformation story you reveal your authenticity and vulnerability. This will make you a MAGNET for connections and opportunities… and the ripple effect of good that you can bring to the people around you.

So the idea is that AFTER you meet someone new and share your Dream, another thing you want to share with them is your transformation story; and the next thing you want to know about them is their transformation story of who they are becoming.

Transformation also comes from our Human Nature Superpower the Urge to Become tha next version of ourselves.

Transformation is not just metaphysical, it is also specific and practical. Specifically a transformation occurs when a natural ability within us is “transformed” into a SKILL that we can use in the world for our dream; often from a LOT of practice.  In the process we become the next version of ourselves, more capable than before. Most SKILL transformations also include Mindset Transformations where there is a “before and after” belief, value, philosophy or strategy.

We call this Transformation Sharing and we will practice this together in the second session.

 

BE THE PERSON WHO SHARES AND ASKS ABOUT TRANSFORMATION

Consider a somewhat recent situation of awakening and transformation from your life that you would be willing to share with someone as you get to know each other better.

 

A basic transformation story has 3 parts

IMPORTANT = Playing our Dreams will ALWAYS lead to Tranformation Experiences.

Part 1: The situation you were in that sparked the transformation (can have a short backstory)

Part 2: What was the Awakening or Transformation; including new SKILLSET and MINDSET

Part 3: What you are doing as a result of this transformation.

 

Too prep for the session…

You probably have a few of these, so choose one that you want to:

.A. Practice with your partner.

.B. Can see yourself sharing with one or more people AFTER Session 3 of the Intensive.

 

PRACTICE PLAN

In session one we will practice several Advanced Human Connection Skills oriented toward the social situation of Transformation Sharing.

 

.1. Welcome and Warm Up

.2. Transformation Sharing Practice

• Share a Celebration
• Social Situation = Share a Transformation Story
• Human Connection Practice

 

.3. Proficiency #05 Expands the Person’s Best Efforts

There are two roles: Practice and Partner

You have observed your partner sharing a Transformation Story.

Practice, aim to “Expand Their Effort” with ways to share the story for bigger impact.

Practice and Partner will co-create Next Level Transformation Story Sharing Scenes.

Then we will use the Peak Experience Technique to practice the desired future scene where you are stepping into the EXPANDED version of you with new Story Sharing SKILLS and new Story Sharing MINDSET.

BIG GROUP = Peak Experience… Imagine and FEEL your future moment

Practice together with your partner debriefing and growing from practice.

 

.4. Proficiency #06 Navigates Via Curiosity

Role Play with two roles:

Practice Curiousity “Practice will engage with their Transforming Partner by “navigating via curiosity” about their Partners recent Transformation

 

.5. Proficiency #07 Recognizes the Perfection in Every Situation

Two Roles: Practice and Partner

Use The recent transformation and anything else you learned by being curious in the previous exercise

Partner, choose from the Menu to Recognize the Perfection.

Practice: Share your outside perspective to recognize what is perfect.

Then… Co-create awareness of perfection together.

If you have time, the player can choose another item on the menu.

 

.6. Proficiency #04 Enjoys the Person Immensely

Two Roles (Practice and Parnter) using the “Quirky Role Play” technique

Practice will ask the Partner a series of questions about what they enjoy and don’t enjoy about themselves. Practice will EMBODY enjoying the Partner and share with their Partner what they enjoy about them.

 

.7. Completion and Celebrations!

Both partners share a celebration of the shared experience.

Both partners aim to go deeper…

What do you have in common with your partner

What do you see is unique and special about your partner

 

Session 4 Adventure Sharing

The BIG IDEA

The BIG Idea for Advanced Human Connection SKILLS is to engage with people and grow relationships based on sharing our Dreams and inviting companions to join us on Life Adventures.

This is a BIG shift since in the toxic Industrial Culture, we are all indoctrinated into presenting to the world that we are perfect and have everything figured out and instead embrace the mystery, challenge and joy of ADVENTURE into new territory. This is much better for Human Relating because… IT’S TRUE!! WE DON”T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

Every human edeavor, from a road trip to a new city to running a business, is an ADVENTURE with companions. In a business… our colleagues are companions. And so are our advocates, partners and even our customers… we are all companions on a Life Adventure.

As a person with the Advanced Human Connection SKILL of Adventure Sharing, you will have a unique approach that will make you a MAGNET for connections and opportunities… and you will cause a ripple effect of good for the people around you.

So the idea is that as you grow your relationship with someone… the next thing you want to share with them is your adventure and possibly enroll them as a companion; this will make you magnetic, real and HUMAN!

We call this Adventure Sharing and we will practice this together in the fourth session.

BE THE PERSON WHO SHARES ABOUT ADVENTURE!

A basic Adventure Invitation story has 4 parts

Part 1: Describe your Dream like a growth-oriented adventure story that includes Human Connection. (can have a short backstory)

Part 2: Describe the Adventure Highlights that you can envision?

Part 3: Describe the potential rewards of this adventure?

Part 4: Describe the new SKILLS and MINDSET that you will develop

 

Note: You can weave in potential challenges. But often when you are enrolling someone for an adventure, you don’t talk about that part. 😉

 

PRACTICE PLAN

In session four we will practice several Advanced Human Connection Skills oriented toward the social situation of Adventure Invitation Sharing..

 

.1. Welcome and Warm Up

.2. Adventure Sharing Practice

• Share your Dream
• Social Situation = Share your Adventure
• Human Connection Practice

 

.3. Proficiency #12 Enters New Territories

You have observed your partner sharing their Adventure.

Together use the Enter New Territory Model and Framework to set a context for your Adventure.

And then co-create a “Future Scene” with the New Territory.

Then we will use the Peak Experience Technique to practice the desired future scene where you are stepping into the New Territory with new SKILLS and new MINDSET.

BIG GROUP = Peak Experience… Imagine and FEEL your future moment

Practice together with your partner debriefing and growing from practice.

 

.4. Proficiency #14 Designs Supportive Environments

Two Roles: Environmental Designer and Adventuring Partner

Using “Speed Drill” Role Play the Environmental Designer will co-create with the Adventuring Player a plan to upgrade their environments to embody the NEXT version of themselves needed for this adventure; (with new SKILLSET and MINDSET).

 

.5. Proficiency #13 Relishes Truth

Two Roles: Practice and Partner

Use The same Adventure

Partner, choose from the Relish Truth Menu.

Practice: Shares the Truth that they see.

Partner: Shares the Truth that they see.

Then… Practice and Partner practice “Relishing Truth” together.

If you have time, the Partner can choose another item on the menu.

 

.6. Proficiency #15 Respect the Persons Humanity

Two Roles: Practice and Partner

We will practice using the “Exploration” technique.

Practice presents the Respects Humanity Model for the Partner to choose an area to Respect Together..

Then Practice aims to Respect their Partners Humanity AND encourage the Partner to respect their own Humanity as well. Practice and Partner co-create mutual respect for Humanity in the chosen area.

 

.7. Completion and Celebrations!

Both partners share a celebration of the shared experience.

Both partners aim to go deeper…

What do you have in common with your partner

What do you see is unique and special about your partner

 

Everything Included in the Human Connection Practice Intensive…

 

The Intensive will be intense, yes, AND also a lot of fun.

IMPORTANT: you don’t need tons of Coaching Experience to attend this event but you do need some. And, you only need “good” Human Connection Skills that we can coach up to the next level together. If you have both, you will fit right in, and we will take care of the rest.

 

Zoom Intensive

4 3.5 hour practice sessions

On Fridays from 11 – 2:30 PM ET

Friday August 1, 8, 15, 22

 

Includes CoachVille Membership which as a $200 value and some amazing programs and experiences

 

On the CV App you will have access to

The Playbook with all the instructions for our practice sessions

And a version of the playbook that you can use to practice with friends and colleagues

Recordings of Thomas Leonard

AND….

You can bring a guest

They will also receive CV Membership and access to all of the Intensive content on the CV App

And there will be a community for all of the participants on the app so you can easily connect with the people you meet on the zoom.

 

What we will co-create together…

• BECOME MAGNETIC
  You will develop advanced Human Connection SKILLS for business, leadership and life so you will ooze “coachy confidence” in social situations.
  PEOPLE WILL BE DRAWN TO YOU
• If you are coaching… you will LEVEL UP YOUR COACHING
  You will develop or refine your coaching techniques and skills to practice Human Connection SKILLS and situations with your players.
  BOTS CAN NOT COACH LIKE THIS!! BUT NOW YOU CAN.
• FUELED BY URGENCY
  You probably already feel a sense of urgency to uplift the Human Connection SKILLS of the people you care about in your community.
  NOW YOU WILL FEEL THE AGENCY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
• DEEP CONNECTIONS
  In each session you will have one partner for all of the practices. And a new partner in each of the four sessions. It is likely that lasting friendships will develop from an experience like this.
  ENJOY THE POWER OF PROFOUND BELONGING

• The Power and JOY of PRACTICE

  All of the amazing experiences you will co-create in the world with your new SKILLS!