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

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 a natural extrovert/Chatty Cathy, I was often in trouble for, well, talking too...

Facilitation Skills Ensure Quicker and Fewer Meetings that Get Results

Successful leaders have one thing in common: Strong facilitation skills. What are the core facilitation skills (or, facilitator skills)? Which skills do you need to lead a successful meeting?...

How to Build Action Plans with Shared Ownership and Accountability

To build an action plan (or, a strategic plan) that transfers ownership and accountability to your meeting participants, begin with the right questions, in the right sequence. Be one of the few...

Meeting Killers: Eight Ways to Kill A Meeting and Your Reputation

Below are eight habits we call meeting killers that every facilitator, or meeting leader, must avoid. Neglect to prepare your participants in advance. Meeting Killers: Have you ever been in a...

Takeaways from the Global SCRUM Gathering and Control the Room

Jul 25, 2019 | Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Support, Scrum Events

The Global SCRUM GATHERING® Austin was kicked off on a warm Monday morning in May by Daniel Pink. Because his research...

Why facilitation remains an important skill for innovation and success

May 2, 2019 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Support

This month we're reposting an interview by Douglas Ferguson with Terrence Metz, Managing Director of MGRUSH...

Don’t Run! How to Manage Meeting Conflict

Apr 4, 2019 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

A meeting without conflict is a boring meeting, and we've seen very little value derived from predictable and...

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