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Facilitation Skills Articles
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...
Online Meeting Problems (and Solutions!)
Most have you have seen the hilarious, but oh-so-real “A Conference Call (in Real Life)” by tRIPP and tYLER (22...
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...
Frequent Meeting Problems and What You Should Do About Them
Ever develop that sense of deja vu about not getting anywhere during a meeting? Meeting problems are indicative of...
The Most Effective Facilitators Stop Saying “I” — Use Pluralistic Rhetoric
As an effective facilitator, stop saying "I" Learn to naturally substitute the plural “we” or “us”. However, for...
How to Be Precise with Three Meeting Transition Questions: Do NOT Ask “How Do You Solve Global Hunger?”
Meeting Transition questions is highly effective because you cannot develop a plan, any plan, such as a marketing...
Differences Between Skills of Project and Program Management
Close analysis of the PMBOK® (version 5) suggests that all skills required for effective project management are also...
Influences through Eight Group Decision-Making Styles
We have applied modern research about decision quality with material found in Vroom and Yetton’s robust volume,...
Unstructured Meeting Costs Rise: Use a Proven Structured Technique
Meeting costs to American businesses as a result of poorly run meetings (typically unstructured) continue to rise....
Stop Meeting Scope Creep with Precise Questions
Scope creep kills a lot of projects. Scope creep kills many more meetings. The hardest task to accomplish in leading a...
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