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Why Meeting Participants Have An Obligation To Contribute
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Facilitation Skills Articles
Collaborate Or Die – How Failing To Collaborate Could Ruin More Than Just Your Next Meeting
In life, there is usually more than one right answer, but there is always a wrong attitude—the unwillingness or...
This May Not Be For You, But if You Want to Build Collaboration . . .
Is it easy for you to build collaboration, commitment, and participation in meetings? Then feel free to walk away from...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Becoming an Unconsciously Competent Facilitator
To become an unconsciously competent facilitator, you first become conscious and then competent. As you progress and...
Twelve Behaviors that Define Great Facilitators
Today we bring you twelve significant behaviors that define successful, professional facilitators. (i.e., GREAT...
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...
Avoid Asking “How Do We Solve Global Hunger?” with the Single Question Approach
Not all situations are covered by cookbook agendas or avail a methodologist to help. The facilitator must develop...
Scope Creep Kills: Facilitate Concern, Influence, and Control
Scope creep kills projects. It also kills meetings. The consensual sphere of Concern, Influence, and Control helps a...
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