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"We're especially grateful for your wonderful contributions in helping us craft and execute the plans for the working sessions at the Retreat. They exceeded our expectations in every respect, and are a tribute to your talent and professionalism." Representative Ray LaHood, Co-Chair Representative David Skaggs, Co-Chair Bipartisan Congressional Retreat, 1997 Washington, DC

"Mark Gerzon's very effective presentation on leadership in the context of competing interests at our recent Leadership Conference for Presidential Appointees and Nominees was both provocative and inspirational. Many rated it, as well as the small group discussions which Mark designed, at the top of the scale."

"Mark Gerzon has done as much as anyone I know to apply the practice of dialogue to critical issues. At the community, national and international level, he has developed extraordinary expertise about how to move beyond textbook theories and workshop exercises and to work creatively on the conflicts of our world." William Ury Negotiator, co-author of Getting to Yes and author of The Third Side

"The model you use gently enabled our fellows to understand that their biggest leadership challenge is to forge common ground among diverse constituents. Equally importantly, you gave them a chance to identify the barriers they have faced to finding and forging common ground and a safe environment in which they could discuss real issues and search for creative solutions." Elizabeth L. Hale, Vice President The Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc. Washington, DC

"I so often find myself "debating" issues of public policy and of faith, gamely representing the political and religious left. When I engage in dialogue it is most often with those whose opinions mirror my own. Mark Gerzon has given me some encouragement, as well as courage, to pursue cross-philosophical dialogue." Reverend George K. Heartwell Pastor of Public Ministries, Heartside "Thank you for your outstanding contribution to our program! Mark's presentation not only developed a foundation for understanding the beliefs and expectations of competing value systems; it also provided 'hands on' tools the participants can use to effectively facilitate the inherent conflict they deal with daily." Merna Jacobson, Director The Tointon Institute for Educational Change Denver, CO

"Mark's continuing effort to apply integral philosophy to social and political change is vitally important. By focusing honestly on the deeper dimensions of human differences, both his writings and his trainings are providing essential building blocks for a new, more conscious kind of leadership." Ken Wilbur, A Theory of Everything