International 3 Day Group Relations Conference
PLACE, HISTORY, and INNOVATION:
EMERGING IDENTITIES IN GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY
April 29 - May 1, 2024
Cappadocia, Turkey
Sponsors:
Institute of Psychodynamic Coaching
MUSE The Center for Trauma & Resilience

We invite you to International 3 Day Group Relations Conference in Cappadocia, Turkey on April 29-May 1, 2024
PLACE, HISTORY, and INNOVATION:
EMERGING IDENTITIES IN GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY
Director - Muzaffer Mustafa
Associate director - Dr. Ekaterina Belokoskova-Mikhaylova
Group Relations Conference is the most scientifically proven and practical method for studying group behavior and the behavior of people in groups, which is used throughout the world. This method was developed at the Tavistock Institute of Group Relations in the 1940s under the direction of Wilfred Bion, an eminent psychoanalyst who laid the foundations for the understanding of group dynamics and group analysis. Conferences on group relations are held in many countries and invite participation from people who are interested in managing groups, developing groups, and realizing themselves in group relations.
We will create a temporary organization where you can analyze the roles that you have consciously or unconsciously taken on in this process, or the roles that the organization has imposed on you. The subjects of the study are individual and professional identity, power and authority, opportunities and limitations associated with taking a particular role in the process.
The 3-day Conference activities explore issues such as task, authority, technology, and leadership, considering the meaning, limitations and creative potential of taking up a role in the process of working with others. The Event also offers opportunities to learn about change, pace of change, and how tension between tradition and innovation may provide insight into emerging identities in groups, organizations and society.
The GRC takes place in the heart of Turkey, the Cappadocia region, and is conducted in three working languages: English, Russian and Turkish.
The essence of the conference is an intensive group training, during which you will be able to clarify:
In a personal context:
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what roles do we play in groups
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what expectations do we form in other people through our unconscious patterns of behavior
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why do we evoke aggression, envy, rejection, admiration, sympathy and other feelings among group members
In context of understanding groups:
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how group dynamics are formed
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why do participants choose some people for the role of leader and others for the role of “outcast”
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how a group constructs its boundaries in relation to other groups and individual members
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how social connections are formed in a group
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the nature of destructive behavior in a group
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how does the struggle for power work
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how to establish cooperation between people
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how groups create their own unique
In the context of understanding the organization:
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how groups cooperate and conflict with each other
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why does intergroup tension happen
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why do conflicts arise between different departments
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what are the difficulties associated with establishing cross-functional interaction
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where are the “organizational fault lines” located
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how a leader's individual characteristics are transformed in the organizational context and influence the entire organization
Who might benefit from participation:
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heads of the organization
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HR specialists
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heads of departments and divisions
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organizational psychologists
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project managers
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psychologists, psychoanalysts, group therapists n
How the conference is conducted:
The conference takes place in the form of an intensive group training, during which participants “live” with high intensity of feelings and at a high level of awareness various roles in various group formats (small group, mixed group, large group), modeling the system dynamics of various aspects of intra-group and inter-group interaction . By exploring their own experiences, encountering the feelings of other people, rising to the meta-level of reflection under the guidance of experienced specialists in the field of group relations, conference participants gain an absolutely unique experience and deep personal insights that can lead to significant transformations in their behavior in the group, in managing groups and organizations.
The conference is organized by an international team of consultants.
