Silence on a team is almost never neutral.

Someone stops contributing in meetings. Someone agrees with everything. Someone turns polite and precise and gives us nothing. Someone leaves.

We tend to read those as attitude problems. More often they are protective responses, and they are telling us something about what the room has been like.

In this two hour Practice Session we look at what shutting down is doing for the person doing it, and what it is asking of the rest of us.

What we will look at

• Freeze, fawn, flight and fight as they show up in meetings and email, not in a textbook
• What a person is protecting when they go quiet
• The difference between having nothing to say and deciding it is not worth saying
• How our own responses invite or close down other people
• What it takes for someone to come back after they have shut down
• Questions that open a door without pushing anyone through it

Who this is for

Anyone whose work puts them close to other people. Leaders, HR and labour relations teams, union representatives, advocates, educators, and people working in health, justice and community services. You do not need a title to come.

Details

• Date: Friday, November 13, 2026
• Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Pacific
• Where: Live online
• Series: The Practice Sessions

Investment

$499 + GST. Registration closes at 9:30 am Pacific on the day of the session.

Paying by credit card? You will see a line at checkout called Credit card processing fee. That is not a fee we charge and not money we keep. It is what the card company takes to process the payment. Pay by e-transfer or direct deposit and there is no processing fee at all.

Prefer to pay by e-transfer, or need an invoice for your organization? Email admin@myrnamccallum.co.

These sessions are not recorded for sale. What is said in the room stays with the people in the room.