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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...

Meetings That Get Results: A Facilitator's Guide to Building Better Meetings

A Facilitator’s Guide to Building Better Meetings (Meetings That Get Results !)

Sep 23, 2021 | Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools

The Purpose There’s nothing more frustrating than an unproductive meeting—except one that leads to another...

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 as...

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...

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...

Facilitate Root Cause Analysis that Leads Directly to Innovation and Measures

Decision Making, Prioritizing, Problem Solving

By using root cause analysis, you can develop Objectives and Key Results (OKR), Critical to Quality (CTQ), Key...

Ensuring Meeting Inclusiveness — How to Value Diversity & Plurality

Meeting Support, Problem Solving

The primary responsibility of a facilitator is to protect the participants. Furthermore, the facilitator helps drive...

Scope Creep Kills: Facilitate Concern, Influence, and Control

Managing Conflict, Prioritizing

Scope creep kills projects. It also kills meetings. The consensual sphere of Concern, Influence, and Control helps a...

Use the Fist of Five to Test for Consensus on Contextual Issues

Decision Making, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

The Fist of Five approach combines the speed of thumbs up/ down and displays the degrees of agreement that can support...

How to Facilitate Prioritization and Build Consensus Quickly (or, MoSCoW)

Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Prioritizing

Strongly encouraged by Steve Jobs, as mentioned in his biography by Walter Isaacson, here is how to facilitate...

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