Ep.2 The systems that inspired me with Marita Fridjhon

09/28/22 • 36 min

In this episode, Katie Churchman is in conversation with Marita Fridjhon, co-owner and CEO of CRR Global, about some of the systems that have inspired the work that she does, with CRR Global and beyond. The conversation covers:

Growing up in South Africa during the Apartheid era
Working as a clinical social worker at the University of Cape Town
Her time in the Amazon during a cross-cultural research project investigating the impact of death and dying in families and communities
Discovering coaching and the work of Arnie and Amy Mindell
The power of looking back in order to step forward into Right Relationship with the many systems within which we all exist.

Marita Fridjhon is co-owner and CEO of CRR Global and mentor to an ever-growing community of practitioners in the field of Relationship Systems work. She designs curriculum and operates training programs in Relationship Systems Work for coaches, executives and teams. She came to this work from an extensive background in Clinical Social Work, Community Development, Process Work, Family Systems Therapy, Business Consulting and Alternative Dispute Resolution. She has an international mentor coaching practice of individuals, partnerships and teams. Her primary focus in coaching is on systemic change, leveraging diversity, creative communication, deep democracy in conflict management and the development of Learning Organizations.
For over 20 years, CRR Global has accompanied leaders, teams, and practitioners on their journey to build stronger relationships by focusing on the relationship itself, not only the individuals occupying it. This leads to a community of changemakers around the world. Supported by a global network of Faculty and Partners, we connect, inspire, and equip change agents to shift systems, one relationship at a time
We believe Relationship Matters, from humanity to nature, to the larger whole.

Growing up in South Africa during the Apartheid era
Working as a clinical social worker at the University of Cape Town
Her time in the Amazon during a cross-cultural research project investigating the impact of death and dying in families and communities
Discovering coaching and the work of Arnie and Amy Mindell
The power of looking back in order to step forward into Right Relationship with the many systems within which we all exist.

Previous Episode

Ep.1 Walking our Talk: some curriculum updates

To kick-start a brand-new season of the Relationship Matters Podcast, Katie Churchman talks with Sandra Cain (Director of Curriculum and Senior Faculty at CRR Global) about some updates to the Organizational and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) curriculum. We’re living our own work and as a consequence, our materials, tools and understanding of systems keeps emerging. This conversation covers a range of updates to the ORSC curriculum that have emerged over the last few years including:

The addition of the 5 principles of RSI to the ORSC curriculum
Updates to paper constellations set-up and the scenarios used across the modules
Structural changes to the deep democracy tool from the intelligence module that aim to make it a more accessible and user-friendly tool.
Integrating Meet Reveal Align and Act into the systems integration model as a way to create a coaching plan and act as a map for where you are in the coaching process.

Sandra Cain coaches individuals, pairs and teams around the world. Her background includes 15 years of experience at American Express with a variety of leadership and personal development roles. In addition to leading the CRR Global Core Curriculum, she is also Associate Director of the Certification Program and on faculty for The Coaches Training Institute. Her stand for this work is that since we’re already in relationships, we might as well be conscious and intentional about who we are, what we do and how we live.

For over 20 years, CRR Global has accompanied leaders, teams, and practitioners on their journey to build stronger relationships by focusing on the relationship itself, not only the individuals occupying it. This leads to a community of changemakers around the world. Supported by a global network of Faculty and Partners, we connect, inspire, and equip change agents to shift systems, one relationship at a time
We believe Relationship Matters, from humanity to nature, to the larger whole.

Next Episode

Ep.3 Alchemy Part 1: Coaching Outcomes

Across 3 episodes in season 4, Katie talks with master coach Lori Shook about Alchemy: The Art and Science of co-facilitation. Based on ORSC concepts the alchemy approach was designed to help pairs create magical co-deliveries, whether they be co-coaching, co-facilitating, or co-parenting! Magical co-facilitation, inspired participants, deep learning – these things don’t just happen. However, you can learn the tools and techniques that can help you and your partner to consistently and intentionally create successful, transformative, high-impact learning experiences together. In part 1 we discuss alchemy and coaching outcomes. Across this conversation we discuss:

Why partners need to get aligned on outcomes
What happens when we’re not aligned
Designing our sessions so that everything is in service of the outcomes.

Lori Shook is a pioneer in the coaching world: she jumped into the budding field of coaching in the mid-1990s, earned the designation of Master Certified Coach by 2001 and has been training coaches for over 20 years. Lori has coached small business owners, managers, and executives around the world. She has worked with leaders in a variety of organisations including large multinationals and small to mid-sized businesses. As a pioneer in the coaching world, she was a driving force for the global expansion of coaching as she helped spread CoActive coaching across North America and helped introduce coaching to many countries throughout EMEA.
For over 20 years, CRR Global has accompanied leaders, teams, and practitioners on their journey to build stronger relationships by focusing on the relationship itself, not only the individuals occupying it. This leads to a community of changemakers around the world. Supported by a global network of Faculty and Partners, we connect, inspire, and equip change agents to shift systems, one relationship at a time
We believe Relationship Matters, from humanity to nature, to the larger whole.

Relationship Matters - Ep.2 The systems that inspired me with Marita Fridjhon

Transcript

Key

KC – Katie Churchman

MF – Marita Fridjhon

[Intro 00:00 – 00:07]

KC – Hello and a big welcome back to the Relationship Matters podcast. We believe Relationship Matters, from humanity, to nature, to the larger whole. I’m your host, Katie Churchman, and today I’m talking with Marita Fridjhon, co-owner and CEO of CRR Global, about some of the systems that have inspired her. Marita Fridjhon is a mentor to an ever-growing community of pr