Agenda Design
Creating Group Guidelines for Terrific Teamwork
Getting teamwork off to a solid start is critical to the success of the project and to the team. Here are some tips for how to set customized team guidelines (also known as ground rules) as well as offer them typical guidelines from which they could pick and choose. Both activities take from 15 to…
When Your “Perfect” Agenda Isn’t Working Perfectly
Three perfect jobs! Each one of them required major adjustments to the agenda. Each of these adjustments turned out beautifully. So as I reflect back on these three perfect yet challenging client meetings, I realize that I have become consciously competent at changing agendas on the fly! Here’s my attempt to share the steps and…
When Things Heat Up – What Expert Larry Dressler Does
Over the last year we have featured a number of facilitators asking them the same questions. This month we have the wonderful treat from hearing from a well known facilitator and author, Larry Dressler. Larry wrote “Standing In The Fire” and has just had his book translated into Japanese! I met Larry for the first…
Stop Wasting Everything You’ve Learned About Facilitation
I pulled a book off my shelf today by Susan Jeffers, “Embracing Uncertainty: Breakthrough Methods for Achieving Peace of Mind When Facing the Unknown”. The title is totally relevant to what I call facilitation design. (Ms. Jeffers also wrote “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”). In this blog, I’m going to talk about a model…
Let’s Talk About My Mistakes
Making mistakes. We all make mistakes yet it is fairly painful to talk about them. It also potentially compromises our credibility. I listened to a radio show last night about a Canadian doctor who shared a TedTalk about the biggie mistakes he had made. Wow! Doctors talking about mistakes! Then I heard Brene Brown talk…
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