Marie Miyashiro
Workplace consultant, author, speaker and president of Elucity Network, Inc., an empathy-based consulting and training firm, from Tucson, Arizona.
Marie consults, writes and speaks on topics related to human connections and collaboration in the workplace and organizations. Her book, The Empathy Factor–Your Competitive Advantage for Personal, Team, and Business Success, is published by PuddleDancer Press and builds on Nonviolent Communication (NVC), current organizational research and her consulting work of over 26 years, focused on organization development, strategic planning and communication training. Elucity’s client list in the United States and internationally include Fortune 500 companies, international nonprofits and industry associations, small to mid-sized businesses, and government agencies. In 2007, she co-authored a chapter with Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D., developer of NVC, “Integrated Clarity – Energizing How We Talk and What We Talk About in Organizations.” It appears in the second edition of The Change Handbook – The Definitive Resource for Today’s Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems. Her work has received over two dozen awards for communication and partnership programs.
Marie was one of the presenters at the Making Collaboration Real Conference in San Francisco, California in March 2011, hosted by BayNVC. She was the keynote speaker for the University of Arizona’s College of Fine Arts Opening Convocation and will be a keynote speaker for the 2012 Association of Partners for Public Lands Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Marie has taken the widely heralded virtue of empathy and made it very accessible with numerous pragmatic strategies and tools.”
—Ulrich Nettesheim, Managing Partner, Passages Consulting; Lecturer at Haas School of Business at University of California Berkeley; Founder of Umanity
Website: Elucity Network, Inc.
Website: The Empathy Factor – Your Competitive Advantage for Personal, Team and Business Success
Gregg Kendrick
CNVC Certified Trainer from Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
For 19 years, Gregg was co-owner & CEO of a software technology training firm whose clients were primarily Fortune 500 corporations & federal agencies. Within this business, he brought an awareness of needs-based communication among the staff and transformed the structure & operation of the business to be a needs-centered culture.
Awed by the potency of that experience, Gregg founded Basileia LLC and has been a full-time consultant/trainer since 2004. Using human needs-based frameworks and processes, such as needs-based communication (NVC™), the Cultural Transformation Tools of Barrett Values Centre, or the Sociocratic Circle Method, he supports leaders to activate the human potential of themselves, their teams and their organization. His speciality is "whole-team" facilitated conversations that deepen connection among team members while advancing the team toward its goals.
Gregg's work focuses on developing "power-with" leaders rather than "power-over" — teaching a mindset and skill sets that inspire, empower and build trust among people. These leaders become more authentic, more empathic and more grounded as they create cultures of collaboration and purpose.
Other key business experience includes serving on several boards of directors of nonprofit & for-profit organizations, and co-managing an investment fund for seven years.
Gregg is a CTT Certified Consultant and a Certified Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) Trainer who has facilitated extensive trainings in the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Australia, South Korea, India and South Africa — including being a trainer at International Intensive Trainings with Marshall Rosenberg, the developer of NVC.
He resides in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his wife and three daughters.
Website: Basileia, LLC
Website: NVC Training Institute