Breakdowns to Breakthroughs

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective

Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator

Trust · group readiness★★some

Disclosure · what is sharedoptional

Treats a breakdown in a project or team as expected rather than exceptional — the guide states plainly that there will be breakdowns — and works the method for turning one into a breakthrough that strengthens commitment instead of ending it.

Hold with care

Working a live breakdown in front of the team it involves needs a group that can hold disagreement; the guide assumes rather than builds that

Practical

Time: 25-30 min
Group: 1–∞ · individual, small-group
Settings: in-person, online
Materials: Worksheet in the guide
Mechanisms: emotional-processing, cognitive-reframing, dialogic-encounter
Change scope: state → skill · repeatable

Instructions

Where: unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Step_Up_A_Pocket_Guide_… — Step Up! A Pocket Guide to Social Change for Young Leaders, open
Availability: Open online — published at the link, free to read

Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Monica Sharma — With material from Reweaving Our Human Fabric by Miki Kashtan, adapted in UNFPA's Step Up! pocket guide (2021)

In this directory via Step Up! A Pocket Guide to Social Change for Young Leaders

status: checked · added 2026-08-29