Create a Genuine ’no-blame’ Culture

How to create a genuine ’no-blame’ culture

Bringing out the best in people – in the family, at school and at work – is largely determined by the language we use about them and by how we encourage individual responsibility. When ‘the language of blame’ governs our relationships, making someone ‘wrong’, it brings out the worst in us; people become frustrated, demoralised, anxious or bolshy.

The language of blame is also commonly used to dominate and control in an oppressive tyrannical manner. (Watch any ‘soap’, read any newspaper, listen to any journalist interviewing a politician, and you cannot fail to see how widespread and corrosive this is.) In this workshop, Angela Austin highlights the key linguistic concepts that clarify more productive ways of thinking, being and communicating, and shows how to use them. This offers a practical, emotionally healthier way to behave towards those we are responsible for.

What you gain from the day

• Increased awareness of how to free ourselves from past conditionings through changing the language that sustains negative patterns of thought and behaviour
• Practice in the best ways to disrupt ‘blame’ patterns in families and the workplace
• Increased understanding of the benefits to everyone of replacing blame with responsibility
• A way to introduce an alternative culture that challenges victimhood and irresponsibility in groups and organisations.

Who should attend

• Anyone who manages a family, school, small group, company, large organisation or government department who wishes to make improvements that will benefit all involved.
• Anyone wishing to think more clearly and fairly in emotionally difficult circumstances