VTS@Work® Advanced Course & Certification

Rigorously develop your VTS facilitation skills and by extension, your behaviors, mindsets, and expectations in your workplace. This interactive course--the first of its kind to focus on developing professionals beyond basic VTS training--is rooted in research and trains you to become highly proficient at facilitating VTS discussions and seeding the techniques throughout your interactions. You will deeply understand the method’s design, applications, and impact on teams, leaders, innovation, your own field, and yourself.

The bulk of course time is used for active practice and coaching with an emphasis on individual  growth and proficiency. Each session connects VTS to a larger theme, including:

• Thinking and metacognition

• Empathic communication

• Psychological safety

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion

• Facilitative leadership

• Self-compassion

The faculty-student ratio averages 1:5. Occasional guest speakers are professionals who apply VTS within their work, including executives and leaders across domains, healthcare clinicians and educators, designers, researchers, and more.

Format. All sessions are currently held via Zoom with ample breaks.

Duration. Eight 3-hour sessions over six months. Research on VTS demonstrates that the facilitation skills are most effectively learned through short bursts spread over months, with time between for practice and application.

Outside work. In-class sessions are supported by a variety of homework activities, including readings/videos, reflective writing, and practicing VTS outside of the course. Each participant will also receive 2 hours of 1:1 coaching or consulting outside of class.

Certification. The course fee includes two opportunities to apply for certification as a VTS@Work® Facilitator (after the course completion). Certification demonstrates high proficiency in all VTS techniques, understanding of its design, and the ability to apply the skills in your work setting.

Fee: $2400

Nonprofits and higher education receive a 30% discount. Be sure to list your qualified organization in the registration form. If cost is a barrier, please reach out to us and we’ll be delighted to help you find a way to take this course.

VTS@Work® Basics participants receive 10% off the Advanced Course.