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SUMMARY:Semester Core Training (7 sessions) March 2026
DESCRIPTION:Our 2026 Semester Core Training is a self-paced\, multimodal course with 8 online asynchronous modules and 7 live integration sessions. You will be responsible for completing the required modules before the corresponding live integration sessions. This learning experience follows our Basics Training (which is a prerequisite for the Core Training). \nThe Core Training is for people who are ready to dive deeper into all of the types of power. In the Right Use of Power™ approach\, we explore our own relationship with power and increase our skill in navigating our personal and professional relationships. \nIn our Semester Core Training\, you will: \n\nLearn about the neurobiology of power and how to counteract the effects of our brains and bodies on power\nExplore role power differentials and learn how to handle challenging interactions when there is a power difference.\nUnderstand the importance of feedback and the difference between intention and impact.\nStart to understand the shadow aspects of power and how we can work with them.\nLearn how to work with conflict in power-conscious and generative ways.\nBetter understand systemic power and how it influences the other types of power.\nLearn about shame and other emotional experiences that may impact our use of power\n\nAfter our training\, participants have said they can now: \n\nBe more ethically proactive around power dynamics.\nEngage their personal power with more awareness and presence.\nBe more aware of the shadow aspects of power.\nLean into feedback and conflict with more skill and awareness of power.\n\n  \nSemester Core Training Integration Sessions: \nIntegration Sessions will be every other Tuesday and will be 2 hours long.  \nTime: 11:00am – 1:00pm MDT (Denver/United States) each day \n(Due to the complexity of the time zones\, we are only sharing the Mountain Time Zone. Click here to see the hours in your own time zone) \nPlease see our Video Recording Policy. To indicate your preferences for video recordings\, please be sure to fill out the intake survey in your welcome email. \nDates: \n\nTuesday\, March 3rd – Welcome & Introduction Session\nTuesday\, March 17th– Integration Session (Reviewing Modules 1 & 2)\nTuesday\, March 31st – Integration Session (Reviewing Module 3)\nTuesday\, April 14th – Integration Session (Reviewing Module 4)\nTuesday\, April 28th– Integration Session (Reviewing Modules 5 & 6)\nTuesday\, May 12th– Integration Session 5 (Reviewing Modules 7 & 8)\nTuesday\, May 26th– Power Object Presentations & Closing\n\n  \nContinuing Education Credits (CEUs): \nThe Right Use of Power Institute™ is an NBCC – Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPtm) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program (NBCC Provider #6736). \nThe Right Use of Power Institute™ is an ICF – Approved Continuing Education Provider. Our Core Program has received a total of 12 CEU credits:\n9 credits in: Core Competencies\n3 credits in: Resource Development \nThere is an additional $20 purchase fee for CE documentation. This fee can be paid in our online Shop after your registration is purchased. \n  \nCancellation/Refund Policy: \n\nFull refund minus a $50 handling fee available up to 2 weeks before the first day of training OR\nA voucher for the full amount paid for a future training is available up to 1 week before the first day of training\n\n  \nQuestions? We’re happy to answer them! \nEmail us at: \ntraining@rightuseofpower.org for any questions regarding our training programs. \nadmin@rightuseofpower.org for any questions regarding our website\, membership levels\, sign up. \n  \nFacilitators: \nDr. Susan Skjei \n \nSusan Skijei\, PH.D.\, is a Faculty Member for RUPI and teaches in the Core and Teacher Training programs. Over the last 25 years\, Susan has worked with thousands of leaders in the US\, Canada and Europe to cultivate mindfulness and authenticity\, strengthen relational\, coaching and strategic skills\, and effectively lead the changes they want to see in their organizations and in the world. She has a unique ability to create energetic and high-trust learning environments that accelerate the achievement of practical organizational results while building strong\, collaborative relationships. Formerly a Vice-President and Chief Learning Officer in the technology sector and an international consultant\, she was also the founder and Director of the Authentic Leadership Center at Naropa University. Susan has a Ph.D. from Fielding Graduate University in Human and Organization Systems\, a Master of Science degree from American University/NTL in Human Resource Development\, and a certificate in Change Management from Cornell University. She enjoys hiking\, biking and watercolor painting. \n  \nKi Smith \n \nKi (she/her) is a Contemplative Psychotherapist\, consultant\, and facilitator of Nonviolent Communication presented through an ever-evolving Power-Conscious lens. Ki is passionate about co-creating spaces where collective wisdom is valued and centered\, and where growth edges can be met with curiosity\, courage\, and collective care. Through her business\, Warrior Wisdom\, LLC\, she offers counseling\, consulting\, Power-Conscious NVC coaching\, and a 12-week course rooted in the integration of The Right Use of Power (TM) and Nonviolent Communication\, entitled “Language for the Open-Hearted Warrior.” Ki is grateful to have ongoing mentorship and support from others in this work as she walks the path of the compassionate and wise “Open-Hearted Warrior\,” humbly knowing the journey is never complete.
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SUMMARY:Thought Leader Webinar | When Power Hurts: From Moral Injury to Moral Courage – March 19
DESCRIPTION:In this conversation\, Gabriela Zapata-Alma\, LCSW\, CADC unpacks moral injury as a crisis of conscience shaped by power\, systems\, and survival responses – and how moral courage and ethical defiance can help individuals and organizations use power in ways that protect dignity\, justice\, and connection. Come join us in this engaging conversation. \n\nGabriela Zapata-Alma \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRight Use of Power Institute is honored to have Gabriella on our Board of Directors. \nGabriela Zapata-Alma\, LCSW\, CADC (they/elle) is a liberation-centered clinician\, educator\, and national expert with 20 years’ experience supporting survivors of interpersonal and structural violence. They lead GZA INK\, serve as Associate Director of the National Center on Domestic Violence\, Trauma\, and Mental Health\, and direct the Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor Training Program at the University of Chicago. A survivor and published author\, Gabriela centers trauma-informed\, survivor-led approaches and intergenerational healing in all their work. \n\n\n \nHosted by Maya Shaw Gale\n\n\nMaya Shaw Gale is a Board Certified (BCC) life and leadership coach\, a certified Hakomi practitioner and trainer\, an energy medicine teacher\, and an advanced RUP teacher. Over the past year\, she has been part of a team developing a RUP coaching and consulting application. Based in Sedona\, Arizona\, Maya maintains a private practice where she coaches community and business leaders\, healers\, spiritual teachers\, artists\, and highly sensitive and empathic individuals. \nThroughout her life\, she has studied with a number of shamanic and indigenous teachers and is deeply committed to integrating indigenous perspectives of interconnectedness and reverence for all life into contemporary culture. She has served on the Board of the Tribal Trust Foundation\, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting indigenous cultures and supporting wisdom keepers in sharing their teachings. Currently\, she is collaborating with two corporate consultants to develop Business Beyond Usual\, a new paradigm approach to business.
URL:https://rightuseofpower.org/event/thought-leader-webinar-march-19/
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SUMMARY:Shaping Power for Good:  An AMA with Dr. Amanda Aguilera - March 20 \, 2026 – 1-2pm CDT
DESCRIPTION:A thought-provoking talk with a leading expert on power dynamics\, author and executive director of the Right Use of Power Institute \n\n\nIn Shaping Power for Good: Wayfinding to Right Relationship\, Dr. Amanda Aguilera presents a groundbreaking exploration of power in its many forms\, offering a transformative framework for understanding and navigating the complexities of human relationships. \nDrawing on decades of research and practice\, this book advances the Right Use of Power model through vivid examples and thoughtful analysis. Dr. Aguilera illuminates all the types of power at play in our relationships\, offering practical tools for navigating these dynamics with integrity and awareness. \nIn this 1-hour session\, Dr. Amanda will share some highlights of the book and engage participants in an interactive exploration of power dynamics in everyday life. She will: \n1. Introduce key concepts from the Right Use of Power model\, including the six types of power: personal\, role\, status\, collective\, systemic and universal. \n2. Guide participants through brief experiential exercises to help them identify and reflect on their own relationship with power. \n3. Explore the concept of “power-consciousness” and how it can be developed to enhance personal and professional interactions. \n4. Engage the audience in a Question & Response session\, addressing specific questions and scenarios related to social power dynamics as well as the contents of the book. \n\n\nThis thought-provoking talk will leave participants with a deeper understanding of power’s role in their lives and concrete tools for wielding it more consciously and compassionately. \n\n\n\n—–\n\nWe’re delighted to share a recent podcast featuring Dr. Amanda Aguilera\, where she explores key ideas from her book Shaping Power for Good: Wayfinding to Live Your Purpose. \n🎧 Listen here: \n\n\nApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/leaderful/id1647102934?i=1000755795449 \n\n\nSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6C5W2SmDSmMbcEPZrCurEP?si=-NVKK0taSHmCom3GLXjEFQ \n\n\n\n\n  \n\nBring your questions and join us for a meaningful conversation on living and leading with integrity\, purpose\, and impact. \n—– \n\n\n\n \nDr. Amanda Aguilera is the Executive Director of the Right Use of Power Institute and author of Shaping Power for Good: Wayfinding to Right Relationship
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CATEGORIES:Book Tour
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