Facilitation Skills Articles

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,...

Becoming an Unconsciously Competent Facilitator

To become an unconsciously competent facilitator, you first become conscious and then competent. As you progress and increase your abilities, you will note an evolution of competency, illustrated in...

Twelve Behaviors that Define Great Facilitators

Today we bring you twelve significant behaviors that define successful, professional facilitators. (i.e., GREAT Facilitators) Our scope focuses on structured facilitation (NOT Kum-Bah-Yah)....

Remember the Abilene Paradox and Avoid Absurdity While Facilitating

Group decision-making, when not transparent or properly facilitated, can lead to awful decisions. The Abilene Paradox captures why four intelligent adults would agree and decide to do something that...

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...

Want To Be Heard? Stop Talking — The Power of Silence by Karen Snyder

Jan 9, 2018 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Meeting Support

You probably don’t believe that silence is one of my favorite tools. Certainly, when I taught a presentation skills...

Facilitation Skills Ensure Quicker and Fewer Meetings that Get Results

Nov 7, 2017 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Support

Successful leaders have one thing in common: Strong facilitation skills. What are the core facilitation skills (or,...

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