ProSocial
A team that holds pressure together beats a room full of talented people holding it alone. ProSocial trains exactly that: a shared purpose everyone can name, rules everyone sees as fair, and the trust to act on what the group shares when the clock is running.
It comes from Prosocial by Steven C. Hayes, Paul W. B. Atkins and David Sloan Wilson. They took Elinor Ostrom’s Nobel‑winning work on how groups learn to cooperate and turned it into something a team can practice. Cooperation is not a personality trait. It is a skill a group can train.
A groundbreaking, comprehensive program for designing effective and socially equitable groups of all sizes — from businesses and social justice groups to global organizations.The publisher’s description of Prosocial, New Harbinger, 2019
What a strong team shares
A clear purpose Everyone knows who the team is and what it is for.
Fair shares What each person puts in matches what each person gets out.
A real voice The people a decision affects have a hand in making it.
Eyes on the work Everyone can see whether the agreements are being kept.
Proportion Small slips get small responses, and helpful moves get noticed.
Fast, fair fixes Friction is handled quickly and in the open.
Room to run itself The team has the authority to shape how it works.
Good neighbors The team works well with the groups around it.
Built on ACT
Inside ProSocial sits Acceptance and Commitment Training, developed by Steven C. Hayes. In a team it does one job: each person learns to act on what the group values, even with the pressure present. That is where I use it, and only there: with teams, clubs, crews and leadership groups.
One room. One delivery.
A team that holds together.
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Group work here is performance training, not therapy or treatment. The eight principles are Elinor Ostrom’s core design principles as adapted in Prosocial, in plain words. Source: Atkins, P. W. B., Wilson, D. S., & Hayes, S. C. (2019). Prosocial: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups. Context Press / New Harbinger. ProSocial and Prosocial World are named as public record only and are not affiliated with HEKA TRANCE-formations.
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