Hi, sorry it took me a while to respond. Been terribly busy at work. Responses to the thread quoted below.
how were you recruited into attending the weekend?
A collegue told me about it. This collegue was pretty vague, when asked about some leadership training, I was referred to the book by Judith and the website, which was all about recruiting. I even got a free pass to go to the 'very expensive training' when ordering the book 'the One Decision, but was sent the latest book, something about 'Soft Addictions' instead.
would you describe more of the presentation?
Started Friday evening after work. When you register they give this pouch with traffic light colors and you have to pick a phrase which describes, I guess, what you are looking to achieve. Guess it is a way to find something for them to convince you you are sick on some level and only they can save you! Then it goes on almost till midnight. After a long day at work, this is really tiring and is probably meant to break down any resolve ... you also get an exercise to do afterwards and before the next morning's class, something that you would never have done before. Some people called others, some went to the hotel bar and approached strangers - I did not do it, as I drove home and was dead tired.
Saturday we had to be there early. The night before they asked for phone numbers of everyone, which I later figured, was to call you every few minutes if you are not back in class that morning. A few of them did not show for the next day, and one girl left during the morning anyway, guess they started to see through it earlier than me, I am sad to say. Anyway, the whole morning was lectures based on chapters of that 'One Decision' book, with some video clips and some exercises within your teams. Bob and Judith shared some of their personal anecdotes and stories etc. Then for lunch we went off to some restaurant for some Italian sandwiches and more inquisition. One lady got up and walked away because of some comment one of the help made, she never returned (lucky!).
The afternoon was more of the same and again you get an exercise to do for the next day. Supposedly the help or volunteers stayed up all night, discussing all the people and coming up with ideas how each person acted and responded, stayed involved or not and can be helped by them. So Sunday came around, and the whole day was literally a recruitment exercise. Some of the exercises were hurtful, people shouting at each other how bad they are and how stupid they are, one of the girls did not have much confidence to begin with and she had this deer in the headlights look on her face after this ... I felt like leaving at this time more than ever before ...
Need to go now, shall write more shortly.
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how were you recruited into attending the weekend?
would you describe more of the presentation?
what commitment($) were they looking for from you?