The Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities offers transformational learning experiences that build leaders who transform their families, workplaces, and communities. Our process includes carefully designed foundational classes that, when embraced, allow leaders to show the people in their span of care that they are being seen, valued, and heard.
Through thousands of interactions over the past decade, we’ve created a network of collaboration, communication, and co-learning — through multi-day classes, short workshops, podcasts, live events, retreats, and online learning that are as unique as those participating in them.
Our process includes carefully designed foundational classes that, when embraced, allow leaders to show the people in their span of care that they are being seen, valued, and heard. It begins with the transformational class Our Community Listens, where participants gain invaluable communication skills that develop connections and deepen relationships.
Once a participant has completed Our Community Listens, they can enroll in Our Community Serves, where they’ll learn to create a unique culture of service and care for those they have the privilege to lead. Designed with our partners in mind, after completing Our Community Serves, key leaders can take Our Community Transforms, where they will practice integrating critical skills from the previous courses into their organization. They’ll also learn to honor their team members’ values and gifts to accomplish their organization’s vision.
Join dozens of partners and collaborators who have already chosen the Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities as their communication and leadership advocates.
Listens is the first of our foundational classes. The three-day class is designed to help participants learn how to listen effectively, express themselves clearly, and build better relationships. These skills are essential for success in both personal and professional contexts. You’ll receive a customized and extensive, eight-part DISC profile and valuable insight from trained facilitators on how to:
What You’ll Learn
Improve your ability to listen attentively and understand others to foster better relationships at home and work
Understand your unique communication profile
Learn about core behavioral tendencies
Discover how to flex your communication for the comfort of others
Appreciate the diverse contributions others bring to our lives and leadership
Express yourself more clearly and effectively
Resolve conflicts peacefully and productively
Lead more effectively and inspire others
Improve Self Awareness
Understand what motivates your team members
Connect the principles and practices learned in class to your life and leadership after class, reflect on how to reset your relational default modes, and learn how to leverage the most value out of the Continuous Learning process after the classroom experience ends
Discover and experience how listening empowers people to help others, improve relationships, and increase the opportunity for personal and team achievement
Learn the common misgivings about confrontation and power and will receive a practical method to positively and respectfully confront others to create change
Why You’ll Learn It
In a world where differences often divide us, this course teaches the critical skill of listening—a tool that fosters unity through our shared humanity, fuels genuine connections, and is essential for achieving positive outcomes in confrontations. In a society where we are taught to debate and talk, this course answers the question: when do we truly learn to listen and connect?
How It Will Help You
Enhance your interpersonal relationships and confidence in effective confrontation, and grow your leadership skills in all aspects of your life.
What You Can Expect
Experience a transformation in communication skills through our class, led by expert facilitators in a personal setting for up to 24 participants. Learn, reflect, and practice new techniques over three days in person or seven weeks virtually, designed for deep engagement and practical application.
Serves is the second of our foundational classes. After implementing Listening into leadership, Listens alumni can now take Serves to integrate service concepts into their everyday leadership moments.
The course provides opportunities for self-reflection, personal practice, and tangible takeaways to bring back to your organization to encourage a service and accountability mindset.
What You’ll Learn
Why You’ll Learn It
Society suffers from a leadership crisis – people, teams, and workforces feel disconnected and even toxic. Learn the leadership skills that will benefit those in your span of care and lead to a culture of service.
How It Will Help You
Learn how to shift your default from being a Me-Centered to a We-Centered leader, recognize opportunities to meet the needs of another person, and the foundations to creating a solid, caring organizational culture.
What You Can Expect
An enriching two-day experience led by two highly skilled facilitators. With a maximum of 24 participants, you’ll enjoy a unique classroom setting that ensures personalized attention and a supportive learning environment. Every detail of this class has been thoughtfully arranged to foster your growth. You’ll have the chance to learn new skills, engage in meaningful self-reflection, and immediately apply what you’ve learned in practical settings.
Transforms is the third class in our foundational series, specifically crafted to help organizational leaders develop strategies for transforming their workplace culture. Building on the essential skills from Listens and Serves, this course provides leaders with the tools and insights needed to drive meaningful change within their organizations. Effective transformation requires deliberate action, a deep understanding of one’s impact and influence, and a strategic approach to cultivating a caring and supportive workplace environment. Through the Transforms class, participants will explore the 5 Pillars of Caring Workplaces and walk away with a strategy to create an organization where team members genuinely care for each other and foster supportive, collaborative environments.
What You’ll Learn
In between sessions, participants will learn core coaching skills and participate in peer-to-peer coaching calls to grow their leadership skills and make plans to create a coaching culture in their workplace.
Why You’ll Learn It
Data shows that an organization’s culture drives its success. Yet leaders and organizations rarely create a strategy for their culture. It’s no surprise that leaders can often end up with a team culture that was created for them instead of by them, and performance falters. In this class, you’ll learn key practices for drafting and building your culture strategy.
How It Will Help You
You’ll walk away with tangible next steps to build trust, create connections, lead change, coach, and deliver feedback. When embedded in a culture strategy, these skills increase the likelihood of success within your organization for behavior change and organizational success. Embed core concepts into your organizational policies and practices and transform your culture to one where care is at the heart of performance.
What You Can Expect
Experience a virtual leadership class over 3-6 months with six sessions. Learn from two expert facilitators in a close-knit group of max 24 participants. Weekly time in class consists of 2-3 hours for each primary session or coaching call and up to 30 minutes of pre-class preparation work and post-class homework.
Individual Participation
We offer our trainings to make a difference, not a profit. As such, we do not ever want money to be a barrier to learning. The suggested investment is only $297 per participant, but we invite you to pay what you can towards the cost of this training.
When you register for your class, you will have the opportunity to select the payment that is right for you. Participation in Our Community Listens is generously subsidized through a gift of the Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities (CFCC).
