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April 1, 2021
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Virtual circle graphic harvests

Sharing some of the beautiful graphic harvests created by Willemijn Lambert from the virtual Solstice and Equinox circles.

Virtual circle graphic harvests
The Circle Way
July 1, 2016

Holding circle on the baseball diamond

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July 1, 2016
Holding circle on the baseball diamond

A new practitioner takes what she learned about The Circle Way to her baseball team—and hits it out of the park.

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June 1, 2016

Building bridges between generations

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June 1, 2016
Building bridges between generations

What do you do when the Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, and Millennials in a 30-person department don't see eye-to-eye?

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November 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

Archive: Practice circles – the next step

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November 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

The value of developing and enhancing circle skills through participating in practice circles.

Tagged: Circle Tale archive, Ivy Thomas, practice circles for practitioners, center, intention

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September 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

Archive: Wilderness Guides Council circles into its next phase

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September 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

In any circle practice, structure is an invitation to personal and collective maturation.

Tagged: Ann Linnea, The Way of Council, Jack Zimmerman, Gigi Coyle, other forms of circle, intention, talking piece, agreements

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August 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

Archive: Horse wisdom

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August 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

How circle and mini-horses helped a group of seventh graders celebrate their differences and embrace new challenges.

Tagged: Barbara Thorngren, circle with tweens, circle in education, intention, agreements, check-in, team-building, Equine Assisted Learning, horses

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June 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

Archive: The Circle Way café in the Netherlands

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June 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

A powerful question leads to heartfelt stories and tender tears.

Tagged: circle in community, center, check-in, good question, Jan Adam, Diana van Donselaar

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May 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

Archive: The Circle Way at the heart of change processes

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May 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

How The Circle Way helps religious orders deal with the declining number of women who want to become vowed sisters and also helps them plan to house and care for retiring and ailing sisters.

Tagged: circle in religious life, difficult conversations, intention

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January 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

Archive: The Circle Way in business school

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January 1, 2015
2015 Circle Tales

How to help business students gather empirical data about the impact The Circle Way has had on your life.

Tagged: circle in education, center, appreciation council, Jude Rathburn, listening with attention

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November 1, 2014
2014 Circle Tales

Archive: Starting a new era with circle process

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November 1, 2014
2014 Circle Tales

How The Circle Way helped a German company transition to a new era

Tagged: Matthias zur Bonsen, circle in business, center, intention, change

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July 1, 2014
2014 Circle Tales

Archive: Nebraska to the Netherlands

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July 1, 2014
2014 Circle Tales

A Nebraskan learns The Circle Way in the Netherlands and learns about shadow, thanks to participants from around the globe.

Tagged: Lisa Smith, multi-cultural circle, intention, center, shadow, shadow-tending, guardian

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May 1, 2014
2014 Circle Tales

Archive: Second Fire Gathering – using circle to move to wise action

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May 1, 2014
2014 Circle Tales

When it's time to do "real work," some groups lean away from circle. But circle proves effective for getting work done, too.

Tagged: Amanda Fenton, Fire Gathering

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March 1, 2014
2014 Circle Tales

Archive: Introducing circle to my nursing unit

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March 1, 2014
2014 Circle Tales

How a nurse manager used circle to encourage her staff to working collaboratively and solve their own problems.

Tagged: change, nursing, leadership, management, Karen Ryan, circle in healthcare, intention, safe container, importance of good question, check-in, collaboration

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January 1, 2014
2014 Circle Tales

Archive: A case for online circles

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January 1, 2014
2014 Circle Tales

A committed face-to-face circler discovers the unexpected benefits of holding circle online

Tagged: Anna Singh Deo, online circle, center, intention, safe container, holding the rim, grief

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October 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

Archive: What?! No technology?!

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October 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

How circle helped a church board build relationship and develop a plan for the future of the congregation in only six hours.

Tagged: Ivy Thomas, circle in religious life, center, check-in, intention, technology, planning, retreat

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September 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

Archive: How Eileen Fisher gets her employees invested

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September 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

 

"When you're part of figuring something out, you have much more invested in it."-- Eileen Fisher

Tagged: Eileen Fisher, circle in business, talking piece, listening with attention, importance of hearing every voice, fashion

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July 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

Archive: All things center – reflections on a circle gathering

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July 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

How circle both scares and supports the introverted, quiet, and shy.

Tagged: introvert, fear of speaking, center, awaiting your turn in circle, talking piece, check-out, importance of hearing every voice, Maureen Dobson

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June 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

Archive: First Fire Gathering of the next generation

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June 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

Ann Linnea and Christina Baldwin begin the work of transitioning The Circle Way to the next generation. 

Tagged: Melissa Bailey-Kirk, Fire Gathering, multi-cultural circle, intention, center, check-in, check-out

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April 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

Archive: The power of a good check-in

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April 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

The value of a check-in at the beginning of a meeting is to ensure participants are present in the room.

Tagged: Linette Harriott, check-in, circle in education, importance of good question, listening with attention

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January 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

Archive: My first circle session in business

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January 1, 2013
2013 Circle Tales

Using circle for the first time with a leadership team in the oil and gas industry.

Tagged: circle in business, agreements, principles, talking piece, center, Alison Bremner

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November 1, 2012
2012 Circle Tales

Archive: Self-governance through circles in healthcare

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November 1, 2012
2012 Circle Tales

At the True North Health Center, practitioners meet strict credentialing criteria for their specialty and participate in self-governance through circles of practitioners and staff who meet regularly. 

Tagged: self-governance, circle in healthcare, Bethany Hayes, True North Health Center

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