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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...

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...

Your Meeting Pathway to Success and Supplemental Workshop Canvas

Jul 5, 2019 | Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving

Over the years, students and alumni have clamored for a simple reference sheet of our curriculum and how to prepare...

How to Facilitate Speakers and Conference Presentations

Jun 11, 2019 | Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving

During a four-day conference, we facilitated more than 20 speakers and varying presentations, each citing distinctive...

Facilitators’ Overview of the HBR Book Executing Your Strategy

Planning Approach

Executing Your Strategy was published by Harvard Business School Press and written by two MGRUSH alumni. This tightly...

Estimate and Mitigate Meeting Risk — A Proven Formula

Analysis Methods

The MGRUSH meeting risk assessment method comes from answering a series of questions about a project, its...

SCAMPER is a Mnemonic Prompt for Excellent, Impromptu Questions

Meeting Tools, Problem Solving

SCAMPER provides a ‘hip-pocket’ tool; i.e., an unplanned method of developing appropriate questions on an impromptu...

How to Facilitate Vision Using the Creativity and Temporal Shift Tools

Planning Approach

It’s hard enough to get a family of four to agree on where to go out to eat much less getting a group of executives/...

16 Valuable Tips and Considerations when Chairing Meetings

Meeting Agendas

Chairing meetings requires many of the skills to facilitate effectively Success begins with vision and meeting vision...

8 Meeting Purposes and Five Reasons to Host Facilitated Sessions

Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

Effective meetings are first based on a clear line of sight to an end result, preferably something that can be...

How to Facilitate Group or Team Decision Using Pros and Cons

How to Facilitate Decision-Making Using Pros and Cons

Communication Skills, Decision Making, Facilitation Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving

First, here is the traditional Pros and Cons method according to its creator, Benjamin Franklin: “For pros and cons,...

How Facilitated Leadership Can Help You Overcome 7 Common Project Pitfalls

Facilitated Meetings Help Overcome 7 Common Product and Project Pitfalls

Facilitation Skills, Meeting Support, Problem Solving

Facilitative leadership provides the best assurance that team leads/ project managers can overcome project pitfalls....

“Brainsteering” Recommends 5 Activities to Improve Brainstorming

Problem Solving

Through more robust planning and preparation, the facilitator and methodologist can do much to amplify the...

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