How We Work Together

How We Work Together

Where intention meets connection, and teams are enlivened.

Thriving Connections works with teams and organisations to strengthen communication, collaboration, and decision-making in everyday work and complex systems.

Our services are structured through two complementary pathways: everyday empathic communication practices, and deeper organisational alignment and systemic clarity. Each pathway can be engaged independently or together, depending on context and needs, to support meaningful, sustainable change across teams and organisations.

A Unique Offering

A Unique Offering

A Unique Offering

Thriving Connections is proud to offer the 3×3 EMPATHY FACTORS™ program under the mentorship of Marie Miyashiro, international empathy consultant and author of The Empathy Factor.

This exclusive pathway weaves empathy into the heart of team dynamics, leadership, and organizational culture — expanding how we listen, connect, and grow together.

Designing Engagements

We work alongside teams rather than prescribing solutions. Our approach focuses on developing practical, human-centred capabilities that teams can apply in real work contexts. Through participatory facilitation, reflective practice, and shared language, we help teams build awareness, empathy, and intentional communication into everyday interactions. Rather than one-off interventions, we design engagements that support learning over time — enabling teams to strengthen clarity, collaboration, and resilience in ways that are meaningful, contextual, and sustainable.

Pathways

PATHWAY 1
Organisational Alignment & Systemic Change: Integrated Clarity® + 3×3 Empathy Factors®

PATHWAY 1
Organisational Alignment & Systemic Change: Integrated Clarity® + 3×3 Empathy Factors®

This pathway supports organisations seeking deeper alignment across strategy, structure, culture, and ways of working.


Grounded in organisational development research and evidence-based frameworks, we work with leaders and teams to surface what matters, realign direction, and embed empathy and accountability into organisational systems — not just individual behaviour.

This pathway focuses on:

Strategic direction and organisational clarity.

Strategic direction and organisational clarity.

Strategic direction and organisational clarity.

Shared accountability and responsibility across roles.

Shared accountability and responsibility across roles.

Shared accountability and responsibility across roles.

Culture and everyday ways of working.

Culture and everyday ways of working.

Culture and everyday ways of working.

Alignment across teams, roles, and organisational systems.

Alignment across teams, roles, and organisational systems.

Alignment across teams, roles, and organisational systems.

Long-term organisational development and transformation.

Long-term organisational development and transformation.

Long-term organisational development and transformation.

Change happens through clear frameworks, intentional structures, and shared responsibility across the organisation — enabling empathy, participation, and clarity to be sustained at scale.

PATHWAY 2
Everyday Empathic Communication that Connects: Signature Empathic Communication Training

PATHWAY 2
Everyday Empathic Communication that Connects: Signature Empathic Communication Training

This pathway supports teams who want to strengthen how they communicate in everyday work — especially in moments of difficulty, uncertainty, or difference. Participants develop shared language and practical habits that support clearer, more inclusive conversations at work.


Grounded in empathy, emotional intelligence, Nonviolent Communication, and enriched with research insights, this practice-based training builds awareness-in-action and practical communication skills that can be applied immediately in real work conversations. Rather than focusing on theory alone, learning happens through practice, reflection, and lived experience.

This pathway focuses on:

Everyday conversations and interactions at work.

Everyday conversations and interactions at work.

Everyday conversations and interactions at work.

Strengthening teams’ capacity for participatory conversations.

Strengthening teams’ capacity for participatory conversations.

Strengthening teams’ capacity for participatory conversations.

Awareness-in-action in real work moments.

Awareness-in-action in real work moments.

Awareness-in-action in real work moments.

Practical skill-building through guided practice.

Practical skill-building through guided practice.

Practical skill-building through guided practice.

Navigating difficult conversations with care and clarity.

Navigating difficult conversations with care and clarity.

Navigating difficult conversations with care and clarity.

Change happens through sustained practice, reflection, and lived experience — supporting more connected, respectful, and effective communication over time.

How can we support your team?

Teams engage with Thriving Connections in different ways — some begin with everyday empathic communication practices, others with deeper organisational alignment and systemic change. We’ll work with you to understand your context and co-design an engagement that supports what matters most right now.