Meeting Agendas Articles

The 4 Pillars of a Legitimate Meeting Invitation – When to DECLINE

The Tyranny of the Blank Calendar Invite Structure does not pose as the enemy of creativity; it serves as its prerequisite. Structure fails to arrive as a blank calendar invitation—a “Quick...

Bridging the Gap: Transforming Bad Meetings into Powerful Collaborative Forums

In professional environments where teamwork, complexity, and consensus drive outcomes, the toll of poorly led meetings is not simply inefficiency; it is wasted opportunity. To transform bad meetings...

Beyond Groupthink: Collaboration Bias Shrinks Decision Quality

How to facilitate unavoidable collaboration bias begins by understanding the causes and consequences of collaboration bias, as experienced by facilitators guiding leadership teams or review boards...

Consensus Mastery: Creating a Facilitator’s Edge by Driving Decision Quality

From chaos to clarity, consensus mastery demands facilitators to fortify the quality of decisions, plans, and solutions. As the facilitator, review both the “human” and...

Don't blame your Virtual Meeting Failures on Technology

Don’t Blame Meeting Failure on Your Online Meeting Technology

May 5, 2020 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools

Whether you use Zoom, Teams, WebEx, GoToMeeting, or another online meeting technology, don’t blame the failure of your...

Internal or External Facilitator? 20 Questions to Help You Decide.

Feb 6, 2020 | Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support

“Should we use an internal or external facilitator?” Good question. Everyone has experienced good and...

Meeting Methodologist or Meeting Designer? A Rhetorical Shift.

Jan 7, 2020 | Communication Skills, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

Clients frequently contact us about facilitating a meeting or workshop on behalf of an individual or organization. It...

Neuroeconomics and Neurofacilitation: Rational Decisions Maximize Utility

Decision Making, Prioritizing

World scientists strive to map activity in the human brain. Presumably, a map of neural activity will shed light on...

Consensus does NOT Mean that Participants are Going to be “Happy”

Decision Making, Managing Conflict, Prioritizing

A facilitator should typically avoid the term “happy”. Our effort guides a group to a common or shared understanding...

A Simple Planning Agenda for Agreeing on WHO Does WHAT by WHEN

Analysis Methods, Planning Approach

Any type of descriptive or prescriptive plan, process, or series of activities can then be illustrated with a...

Facilitating ‘Genetic’ Differences: Similar Values with Different Priorities

Communication Skills, Decision Making, Prioritizing

Most meeting participants embrace a set of similar values with different priorities. The difference lies in their...

Group Decision-Making: Focus on Strategic, Operational, OR Tactical Issues

Planning Approach, Prioritizing

Scope creep wreaks havoc on projects and group decision-making. Meetings also spin out of control because the leader...

A Blueprint When Building Consensus Around All Types of Decision-Making

Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Prioritizing

After reviewing some material about the optimal methodology (i.e., approach) for distribution planning, related to an...

The Bookend Method: A Rhetorical Strategy for Facilitators to Improve Decision-Making

Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Prioritizing

In managing capital projects or leading teams, facilitators often grapple with prioritization, where every item can...

How to Use a Tools for Definitions Making It Easier to Consensually Plan and Decide

Analysis Methods

To build an operational and consensual definition that your group can live with, in their own words, and with their...

The Purpose Tool: Building the Strategic Plan for a Function, Process, Activity or Product

Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving

Assuredly, organizational executives are known to go off-site to conduct strategic planning sessions, building...

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