Follow Up Resources
Virtual Workshop
Managing Up without Shutting Down
These resources can be used to support further applications of skills, knowledge, and tools presented at the workshop. Please check our website for more workshops for more learning opportunities. Please respect any fair use and copyright for any of the resources below.
Please note, this workshop is taught by several instructors, and materials may vary from session to session. If you are looking for a workshop resource that is not listed here, please contact us at workshops@compasspoint.org.
Participant Material(s)
- Slides
- Reflection activity from the Mindfulness breakout group
Pre-Work
- "Exploring Influence without Authority" by Kad Smith (blog post)
Additional Tools and Resources
- Designing the Alliance - activity for relationship-building
- (Divorcing) White Supremacy Culture: Coming Home to Who We Really Are by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun (website)
- Turning Towards Each Other: A Conflict Workbook by Jovida Ross & Weyam Ghadbian
- Conflict Transformation by Luna N.H (newsletter + classes on navigating conflict through a transformative justice lens)
- Beyond Conflict: Moving Towards Accountability by Margeaux Feldman (workshops on conflict resolution through a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive lens)
Further Reading
- "Witnessing Each Other: Reflections on Our Asian Affinity Space" by Learkana Chong (blog post)
- The Power Manual. How to Master Complex Power Dynamics by Cyndi Suarez
- Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks
- "How to Manage Work without Formal Authority" by The Management Center (article)
- "Grappling with Feedback: Lessons in Trying, Failing, and Trying Again" by Learkana Chong (blog post)
- Being Mindful of Race by Ruth King (includes the R.A.I.N. exercise for mindfulness: Recognize, Allow, Intimately Investigate, Nurture)