National Institute of Relationship Enhancement® (NIRE)

Organizational Trainings

"I think the RE approach to improving communication works beautifully in a corporate setting. I know from first hand experience that these skills have been used to resolve long-standing conflicts in our office, in addition to improving our ability to work as a team. I have attended many communication workshops and seminars that focus on acknowledging people's different communication styles. This RE-based workshop was the first one that gave me the skills to overcome these differences. I especially recommend NIRE's organizational training program to managers responsible for orchestrating the efforts of a culturally diverse employee population."

- Corporate Program Manager

The National Institute of Relationship Enhancement^® (NIRE) offers specialized trainings to businesses and organizations through its own Interpersonal Dynamics^sm Skills Training Program for Businesses and Organizations.

The Interpersonal Dynamics^sm Skills Training Program is the organizational development version of the Relationship Enhancement® Program. The effectiveness of both programs has been consistently demonstrated through scientifically tested methods and extensive empirical research.

RE Works!

For example, a before and after study of production line workers in two glass-producing factories demonstrated the power of Relationship Enhancement^® (RE) for Organizational Development.*

*Catherine Gutelius Rathmell, The Effects of the Relationship Enhancement Program With
Industrial Work Teams, Doctoral Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, 1991.

After training, participants in the RE Program improved their communication and problem-solving skills, as well as interpersonal relationships at work. Participants:

Significantly increased feelings of trust and closeness
Perceived improvement in their ability to handle interpersonal problems on the job, and experienced increased confidence and initiative in doing so
Demonstrated improvement in peer leadership. Participants felt that there was more support, goal emphasis, work facilitation, and interaction facilitation among team members following their RE training
Showed a significant improvement in their conflict resolution skills
Men and women showed similar improvement

What sets NIRE’s Interpersonal Dynamics^sm Skills Training Program and workshops apart is their intensive skills-training focus. This includes the workshop leader conducting demonstrations that model effective interpersonal behavior and frequent coached practice exercises, realistic role-played scenarios, and group processes for workshop participants that foster the internalization of new and more effective behavior patterns.

Participants in our Interpersonal Dynamics^sm Skills Training workshops learn how to:

Promote a spirit of cooperation with colleagues, customers and clients
Be responsive to and deal effectively with difficult people
More deeply understand another person’s point of view, and convey that understanding effectively
Express ideas in a way that eliminates polarization and increases receptivity
Constructively criticize in ways that foster change without creating alienation
Create win-win solutions to difficult problems

Three Unique Workshops

The Interpersonal Dynamics^sm Skills Training Program for Businesses and Organizations includes three workshops designed to address common business and organizational needs (click below for detailed descriptions):

     Team-Building Workshop

     Customer Relations Training Workshop

     Management Leadership Training Workshop

NIRE staff can also meet with you to customize a workshop designed to meet your organizations specific needs. In addition, follow-up training and consultation services are available on a custom-tailored basis to meet your work group or organization’s special needs for additional skills training or for consultation and facilitation in resolving particularly difficult problems.

Personalized executive coaching is also available on a time-limited or on-going basis for managers and corporate executives. Coaching sessions are typically scheduled three or four times per month by telephone, for between 30 and 60 minutes. On-site visits to attend staff or board meetings can also be negotiated.

For further information, or to schedule a workshop for your work group, team, department or organization, please contact Rob Scuka, Ph.D., M.S.W., L.C.S.W.-C., at 301-986-1479, or by email at niremd@nire.org.