Connection Cures Contention

Building "WITH" Spaces

by RICHARD GODFREY

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ABOUT THE BOOK

If you’ve attended a family reunion, a kids’ soccer game or a town council meeting you’ve experienced tension. If you’ve ever launched a product in business or been stuck in traffic, you’ve likely experienced tension.


Tension is part of life. Contention should never be. Tension becomes contention when it drives us apart – When it turns temporary discomfort into lasting animosity.


Connection – at even the smallest level can cure contention. Finding a place to be “WITH” each other rather than “against” each other is the message of this book. By learning the five concepts and four actions outlined in this book, we can cure contention in our families, our organizations, our neighborhoods and our world.

"Using stories drawn from Richard Godfrey's decades of experience traveling and teaching on all seven continents, Connection Cures Contention shows how people anywhere can find ways to connect, work through their differences, and come together to product positive outcomes. Important for leaders, parents, and anyone who feels there is too much division around us, this book shares five key concepts for how to connect WITH others, even in challenging times. A great read!"
Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchardcoauthor of The New One Minute Manager and Simple Truths of Leadership
"As a mother, wife and healthcare professional, my heart breaks watching divisiveness creep into the gaps between us. And yet, I oftentimes can’t find the right words to bring hearts together. “Connection Cures Contention” provided me with real world conversations for the kitchen table and the board room."
Dr Camie Hodlmair
Dr Camie Hodlmair
"We live in an age of paradox. Technology has connected us more to each other and information than in ever in the history of the world. At the same time, most of us feel more isolated and disconnected from each other than ever in the history of the world. We swim in oceans of contention and misunderstanding. Richard's book presents is a thoughtful, pragmatic and engaging model for connecting to those around us. The section on Maintaining Connections and the WITH Toolbox are particularly relevant for me as they provide concrete actions I can take to improve the connection to everyone in my life. I also appreciate the Quick Start guidance for its simplicity and immediate application. I recommend this book and its teaching as one of the cures for our increasing culture of isolation and contention."
Niel Nickolaisen
Niel NickolaisenAuthor of The Agile Culture and Stand Back and Deliver

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

RICHARD GODFREY

Richard Godfrey, a founding partner of Avec-me, is an internationally recognized business consultant, executive coach and motivational speaker. Formerly Senior International

Consultant for the Franklin Covey Company – where he was named Consultant with Highest Value to Clients, Mr. Godfrey has been helping Fortune 100 clients around the world for the last 37 years. He has done extensive work in a variety of organizational areas including military, automotive, pharmaceuticals, communications, technology, retail marketing, government and public service sectors.

Richard is also a training design professional. He has designed custom courses for multiple industries.

He currently resides with his wife, Heather, near Salt Lake City, Utah. They are the parents of Jonathan and Rachel.

Heather and Richard continue to travel the world experiencing the power of “with” while meeting people and penguins who teach them the universal power of connection and its ability to cure contention.

AVEC-ME SERVICES

“With” Toolkit–Avec-Me For Organizations

  • With Assessment–on an online/mobile tool that allows every person on your team to decide who they are currently with, why they’re with them and what, if any, changes or improvements need to be made.
  • With Cultural Pivot Kit–A series of discussion based tools including:
    • The With Assessment
    • The With Toolkit
    • The With Workshop
    • The With Keynote
    • With Workshop Certification for Organizations
  • The “With” Cultural Assessment kit–where is our organization on the talk with/work with/build with continuum. Where can we do better?
  • The “With” Building Blocks – a set of principles, ideas and materials that allow your leaders and teams to make the changes they determine necessary to becoming a “With Organization”
  • “With me” podcasts, blog posts and regularly scheduled Webinars where you and your teams can take part “with” experts and share best practices in building “with” cultures.

“With” Toolkit–Avec-Me For Individuals, Spouses, Partners and Families is coming soon

The Individual “With” Assessment–a mobile app that allows you, using graphics based tools to see who you’re “with”. You’ll get access to a method, in those tools, to examine.

 

WORKSHOPS

Avec-me has virtual and live workshops based on our philosophy of

Talk with, work with, build with, walk with

That can be customized to your specific requirements. All workshops are available as Train the Trainer opportunities.

 

KEYNOTES

Coaching and Consulting

Our team includes management consultants and executive coaches who have worked with Fortune 100 executives, government and military senior leaders and team leaders and team members, focused on how to get to “with” in their areas of responsibility.