Good facilitation creates leverage. It helps groups focus on what matters most, make better decisions, and move important work forward. I recently facilitated a series of small-group discussion sessions with […]
Change managers often focus on the “squeaky wheels.” The real danger may be silent dissenters.
Do you ever facilitate meetings where there is strong conflict between participants? When deep conflict seems likely, teach participants the LECSR conversational technique.
Are the people in your online meetings checking email or watching cat videos instead of paying attention? Here are three Zoom advanced capabilities that you can use to increase participation, plus a bonus that works on any platform.
“Step up, step back” is a way that a facilitator can give give a group long-term ownership of group dynamics.
Facilitators use the consolidation technique to intentionally build up a series of small agreements, like a bricklayer laying a sturdy foundation brick by brick and layer by layer.
We’ve all suffered through bad meetings. We all know the standard list of things to do to make them better. And yet they persist, or perhaps have gotten worse with […]
Dr. Katrina Foxton at MicroBiomics – a rising company in the biotech sector – knows her team is highly talented. Yet on project after project she sees them fall into the same pitfalls. Katrina wonders, “Why can’t they learn?” Here’s a technique I use to make team learning fast and easy.
I show clients how to create thriving projects and teams that get essential work done better. This blog is about projects and the teams that do them.
Here are three simple ways leaders can help teams increase psychological safety in a work environment or facilitation.