Facilitation Skills Articles

The New Science of Teamwork: Is It New or Simply MG RUSH Professional Facilitation At Work?

The lead article in the March-April (2017) Harvard Business Review reads like a promotion for our MG RUSH Professional Leadership, Facilitation, and Methodology training. The principal...

Presenter Tips: How To Simply Make Your Presentations More Facilitative

Research by the National Speakers’ Association shows that becoming more facilitative (i.e., more interactive or service-oriented) is the single most important change a speaker or presenter can make....

Ground Rules and Ideation Rules for Optimal Group Behavior in Meetings

Use ground rules to help manage individual and group behavior during meetings and workshops. You can lead meetings and discussions without ground rules, but did you ever leave an unstructured...

Addicted to Being Right: 4 Participant Responses to Avoid Being Wrong

Most people associate shame or loss of power with being wrong. Ever felt yourself getting defensive? When your meeting participants turn defensive, especially when they feel they are losing ground,...

How Structured Facilitation Training Can Save Your Arse and Boost Your Career

Sep 4, 2018 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support

Structured meetings and workshops positively impact organizations and stakeholders--even permeating cultures. Here are...

Scope Creep Kills Projects – It Begins in Poorly Facilitated Meetings

May 10, 2018 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Support

Have you ever heard someone say in a meeting “I don’t know why we’re doing this project in the first place?” Odds are,...

Make Your Meetings Meaningful – Follow These Four Tips to Build Team Members

May 8, 2018 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Support

Back in the day, when I was in school, I must've heard it several times a week: "Stop talking and get to work!" Being...

Facilitate Meaning and Intent, Not Words

Communication Skills

One of the toughest tasks of a facilitator is to relinquish judgment and fully seek the intent behind the terms used...

How to Facilitate Scientists, Asians, and Europeans

Communication Skills

Recently on a blog, an informal group of mathematicians solved a tough and long-standing mathematics problem in a few...

‘The Strategy’ Compared to ‘The Strategies’ or, a ‘Strategic Plan’

Communication Skills

"The strategy", much like the term "quality" gets abused and should be used very carefully. "The strategy" can be used...

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Communication Skills

With this initial blog, we have launched compelling content about the dynamic role of a facilitator in the interactive...

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