“Step up, step back” is a way that a facilitator can give give a group long-term ownership of group dynamics.
Category Archives: Facilitation
Forward Progress
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.
Painful Meetings
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 the rise of hybrid work. In truth, running a great meeting is not easy, even if the abstract how-to concepts are simple. If you’ve been […]
Why Can’t We Learn?
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.
It’s All About Projects
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.
Psychological Safety
Here are three simple ways leaders can help teams increase psychological safety in a work environment or facilitation.