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How To Save Your Meeting With A ‘Special’ Meeting Break
Think of a meeting break as a pressure relief valve. Under normal circumstances, a standard ten-minute break, every...
Facilitator Training 101: Four Required Roles Supporting Effective Facilitation
We all have skills to perform many roles in life, such as switching quickly between parent and child when attending a...
Challenge the Status Quo, such as “We don’t do things that way around here.”
Those of you familiar with the MGRUSH curriculum remember the challenge of the “bookworm” exercise that only one or...
The FUD Factor: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt Amplify Fear, but People Change Anyway
Paradigms Paradigms are established accepted norms, patterns of behavior, or a shared set of assumptions. Shaking them...
The Way People Think Affects How You Intervene to Build Consensus
Differences -- People think differently. As session leader, you empower participants and their ability to understand...
14 Facilitator Typologies to Avoid (Humorous, Although Uncannily Real)
Here is a quick and somewhat humorous listing of fourteen different facilitator typologies or “personalities” you...
Why We Need Professional Facilitators Who Guard Against Bias
Individuals and groups can frankly be wrong when they think they are right. Professional facilitators get groups to...
How to Facilitate Decision-Making Using Pros and Cons
First, here is the traditional Pros and Cons method according to its creator, Benjamin Franklin: “For pros and cons,...
Fix Meeting Challenges that Remove Energy from Meetings
Amazingly, talented people who care can come together and yet fail demonstrably in a ‘meeting.’ Meetings fail because...
Mastering Active Listening: 4 Essential Steps and 10 Tips for Interactive Communication
Active listening is a crucial skill for effective facilitation, coaching, and servant leadership. Highly skilled...
Quiet People: 5 Ways to Increase Meeting Participation
A leopard cannot change their spots. In the same vein, you are never going to convert quiet people into extroverts who...
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