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Start with the Basics
Our Basics Training is the best way to start. It is a 5-hour, live, online course that gives you the basic language and framework for the Right Use of Power™ approach.
Our Course Journey
Our live courses are designed to support your journey toward greater power-consciousness, one step at a time. Each course builds on the previous as you deepen your understanding of power.
1. Basics
This is a 1-day course designed to give you the basics.
2. Core
This 4-day course gives you an experiential introduction to the first 5 types of power.
3. PEC Retreat
The Power & Equity Challenge Retreat is designed to deepen you into your own power as well as a deeper dive into status, collective & systemic power.
4. Facilitation
Once you are ready to help facilitate learning of Right Use of Power for others (whether it is teaching, coacing or integrating it into your own work), we offer a variety of options for that (including a new certification program...coming soon!)
How We are Different
Power As A Dynamic
Dominant culture frames power as a commodity - something that some people have and others don't. We understand power as a dynamic in relationships that needs active attendance and skill to navigate.
Power Is Nuanced
When most of us think about power, we think of it is a signular thing. But power is complex and nuanced. There are at least 6 types of power that we have identified. Our courses are designed to help you understand and identify each of them.
Connected & Experiential
Our primary course offerings are LIVE experiences with RUP trained facilitators, full of deep connection opportunities with people around the world. We also have a community of like-minded folks who are ready to support you in your journey.
The Art Of Strength & Heart
So many think that you have to choose between being strong or being compassionate; being boundaried or being connected. Right Use of Power lies in the art of balancing strength and heart.
What our Members Say
"Right Use of Power offers a model for understanding ethics from a practical and psychological point of view....it is a rich approach to ethics."
Carlos Ramirez Garcia Bilboa, Spain
"I'm so thankful! It has impacted me in every sphere of my life:..in relationship with my husband....in parenting...in community...with neighbors...in work... and with clients."
Juliette Anglehart Zedda
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
"If someone is a coach, this is invaluable material both from a personal standpoint of how it can influence how each of use hold power....and the people we work with."
Lyn Ciocca
Boulder, Colorado, USA
"Realizing power as a parent is what took me to the levels of using RUPI everywhere....it really expounded the idea of ethics for me so beautifully."
Kelly Sheeran
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Not ready for a live course?
Join our community with our free or donor membership and take our free mini-intro course online (it’s self-paced so you can take it when you have time).