Bring Your Best Self Into Tough Situations.
Helping you hold those difficult spaces so you don’t have to do it alone.
Navigating conflict? Working through grief? Trying to hold space for those tough conversations in your personal or professional life? Trying to navigate these complex problems can lead to feelings of fatigue, frustration, and anxiety.
Looking to deal with a situation?
We can help! We offer tailor-made services to address the situation that you find yourself in. That way you can get to the root of the issue as quickly as possible so that your organization can move forward.
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Are tough conversations standing in your way? Are you looking to build your conflict management business? Do you want to better journey alongside others as they deal with grief? Our online courses will help you to take your learning to the next level so that you can be adequately prepared and ready for any situation!
Are you struggling with grief?
Welcome to the Shit Club, the club nobody wants to join, but dang, we’re all glad it’s there. The Shit Club is for people that have experienced grief and loss and those that want to journey with them.
~Family And Child Services Waterloo Region
~Darrell Bierman, River City Church
~ Jennifer Matthews, Salsa Babies
Hey there! My name is Jason Dykstra.
I am a coach, mediator, and teacher that speaks and works with groups across North America. Your pulse might quicken when you hear that I help guide people (and groups) through conflict and grief. Those topics typically make people uncomfortable, but take a breath and slow your heart rate, because I’m going to help you get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
A few years ago, we had a "guys weekend." A few of my friends and their boys decided to go up north to a cottage. I was driving up with my son, one of my friends and his two boys. We were barely 30 minutes from our house (of a three-hour journey), and I was already, internally, losing my shit.
An awkward silence fell over the mediation room. I looked at both of the parties and asked them a question that I had been turning over in my mind; "Is this a problem that we can solve or a tension we'll have to navigate?"
How many times have you reached into your fridge to grab the lunch meat and then try and remember when you bought it? You might suspiciously check the package for a best before date, look it over to make sure there are no spots, perhaps even smell it to make sure some funky odour is not coming from it before you make your decision. If you think it's okay, you'll slap it on that delicious sandwich you made and voila! It's sandwich time!
One of the books I had to read when I was doing my Masters Degree in Leadership was “The Leadership Challenge” by Kouzes & Posner. That book has stayed in the back of my mind through many different situations and scenarios, but probably one of the most impactful memories I have from the book stems from this quote:
Alfred Sloan, the CEO and Chairman of General Motors sat down at a committee meeting and listened to their conversation as they were making some decisions regarding the future of the company. A little while in, Sloan interrupted and asked, “Gentlemen, I take it we are all in complete agreement on the decision here?” Everyone looked at each other and nodded their heads. “Then,” Sloan said, “I propose…
