GSB Interpersonal Dynamics Introductory T-group

This training is designed to increase your interpersonal skills — to enable you to:

• Communicate in a more congruent fashion
• Be more fully yourself and express more parts of yourself
• Be in touch with your emotions and express them in appropriate ways
• Give and receive constructive feedback in a way that strengthens relationships
• Raise and resolve difficult interpersonal issues that may arise in the group
• Build more open, trusting relationships
• Engage in self-disclosure in a manner that promotes inquiry and dialogue
• Understand the dynamics of small group interactions
• Better appreciate connections that exist in teams or groups of people

The T-group is especially geared towards individuals who are interested in applying to Stanford GSB’s Interpersonal Dynamics Facilitator Training Program and who want to gain exposure to T-groups in anticipation of this.

The training is a mutual “getting to know you” opportunity: you get to know us and how we do this work, and we get to know you and how this approach works for you. Subsequent to the training, leaders will provide input to the program on your potential as a trainee facilitator.

We encourage people of different backgrounds to attend the Introductory T-group and to join our learning community at Stanford. To ensure a balanced pool of attendees, acceptance to the program may not be made exclusively on a first-come, first-served basis, but ​also with an eye to creating a balanced group. The training can be especially rich given the heterogeneous cross-section of those attending.

The program is also open to partners of present facilitators, and to those who have not attended a T-group.

Also:

• Couples cannot share a T-group.
• Stanford employees are welcome to participate in the Introductory T-group, but are not currently permitted to apply to the Interpersonal Dynamics Facilitator Training Program.

Stanford GSB faculty and senior facilitators who will facilitate this experience.
Dikla Carmel-Hurwitz
Jamila Rufaro
Felicia Williams Cosey
Yifat Sharab-Levine

1. Read The Power of T-groups. This article describes the experience of being in a T-group.
2. If you are currently a client in psychotherapy, discuss your participation in this experience with your therapist.

Registration will close on Monday, May 11, 2026.

1. Complete the online application.
2. Submit your waiver in the application (via a link to Adobe-sign)
3. Return to the application and confirm that your waiver has been submitted before continuing.
4. Make sure we receive your application and waiver before the deadline. Your application is not considered complete until we have received both of these.
5. Accepted applicants will receive instructions about submitting their payment information.

Candidates will be advised of their acceptance status by May 21. Directions, logistics, and further reading material will follow. Accepted candidates will have until 12:00 noon on Tuesday, May 26 to withdraw. Reimbursements for cancellations after this date will not be issued.

Monday, May 11, 2026, 11:59 pm, PST

$900