Meeting Agendas Articles

How Scenario Planning Helps Prevent Missing Requirements

Poor requirements don’t impede projects, missing requirements do. Experience has taught us that one approach stands above all others when you want to scour for missing requirements—consider ‘dry...

Powerful Facilitation, Gratitude, and Scrum Guide 2020

While an attitude of gratitude promotes more powerful facilitation, you won’t hear the term ‘happy’ very often in one of our meetings, sessions, or workshops, as the word is both subjective and...

Remember the WHY Before the WHAT – An Integrative Problem Solving Framework and Agenda

Searching for a problem solving approach proven to work in a variety of situations? Whether you’re a group of highly paid nuclear physicists designing a new multimillion-dollar scanner or a group...

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 this article. If, however, you’re like most people, leading groups and teams...

Facilitation Best Practices – 26 Articles To Help You Lead Better Meetings

Aug 12, 2021 | Analysis Methods, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving, Scrum Events

For over ten years, we have consistently posted articles on Facilitation Best Practices. Articles are written to help...

How to Lead Meetings That Increase Your “Executive Presence”

Jul 8, 2021 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure

You may not think there's a difference between being proficient at organizing meetings versus being able to lead...

The Servant Leader Solution Benefits Everyone

May 6, 2021 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure

FEAR: F#©% Everything And Run If the thought of change instills the FUD factor in you (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt)...

Designing Strategy Execution, by William Malek

Leadership Skills, Planning Approach

A.T. Kearney published the results of a 2014 Strategy Study with over 2,000 global executives on strategy trends,...

Facilitating an Effective After-Action Review (AAR / Hot Wash): Agenda and Best Practices

Analysis Methods, Decision Making

An After-Action Review (AAR) is an effective tool for debriefing projects, programs, or other initiatives. It may also...

Transform Your RACI Chart or RACI Matrix (Roles and Responsibilities Chart) into a Project Plan

Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

Here's how to create a project plan or RACI chart (or RACI matrix) when your discussion or meeting deliverable...

Four Reasons You Will Dial Up Decision Quality with More Team Diversity

Meeting Support, Problem Solving

Decision quality increases with the number of available options. The MGRUSH technique has long promoted the concept of...

How to Facilitate Force Field Analysis Leading to Actions

Analysis Methods, Meeting Tools

Force Field analysis modifies and improves upon a similar approach called “pros & cons.” Force Field analysis...

Quantitative SWOT Analysis (TO-WS) Makes it Easier & Faster to Build Consensus

Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Prioritizing

Quantitative SWOT analysis contrasts the internal, controllable aspects of the organization (i.e., Strengths and...

Questions to Ask If Using a Decision Quality Spider Chart (DQ Spider)

Analysis Methods, Meeting Structure

When making decisions, consider testing for decision quality (DQ)[1] so that you can avoid having another meeting. A...

Estimating Workshop and Meeting Duration — Tips and Guidelines

Meeting Agendas, Meeting Support

Accurate estimating for meeting duration helps optimize the schedules and expectations of your participants....

5 Tips on How to Facilitate Board Meetings (or Committees)

Leadership Skills, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Support

You may effectively facilitate Board Meetings by relying on Robert’s Rules of Order, however, blend in facilitative...

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