Meeting Support Articles

Executive Presence Strengthens Your Meeting Facilitation Skills

In “Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success,” Sylvia Ann Hewlett affirms that executive presence is “an amalgam of qualities that telegraphs that you are in charge or deserve...

Continuous Team Building Provides Significant Advantages

As defined in Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, a team is “two or more draft animals harnessed to the same vehicle or implement." Okay, this may not be how you think of your team, but think about...

Myths and Gremlins of New Product Concept Management (PCM)

Our last article launched a method for managing new product ideas called Catalyst or PCM Now we take a step back before explaining the activities (next article) to tackle some of the myths and...

Boost Your Product Innovation through Catalyst Workshops (1 of 3)

The purpose of this article is to prepare you with a workshop approach, including the method and tools you can use to increase product innovation in your workshops --- to speed up product...

Executive Presence Strengthens Your Meeting Facilitation Skills

Apr 7, 2022 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Support

In “Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success,” Sylvia Ann Hewlett affirms that executive...

Continuous Team Building Provides Significant Advantages

Feb 10, 2022 | Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support

As defined in Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, a team is “two or more draft animals harnessed to the same vehicle...

Myths and Gremlins of New Product Concept Management (PCM)

Dec 2, 2021 | Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support

Our last article launched a method for managing new product ideas called Catalyst or PCM Now we take a step back...

This May Not Be For You, But if You Want to Build Collaboration . . .

Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support

Is it easy for you to build collaboration, commitment, and participation in meetings? Then feel free to walk away from...

5 Highly Effective Words for Business Meetings: Warning, Proceed With Caution!

Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support

Research conducted by professor Cynthia Rudin of M.I.T. and student Been Kim, on highly effective words for business...

Quick Tips For More Effective Meetings

Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Support

Today we bring you quick tips for more effective meetings. "Distribution Talk With Jason Bader", a podcast that...

Three Behaviors Guaranteed to Build Consensus

Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Support

Meetings capture a huge investment of time. Unproductive meetings affect your cash flow, morale, and the potential...

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

Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support

"Should we use an internal or external facilitator?" Good question. Everyone has experienced good and not-so-good...

Meeting Methodologist or Meeting Designer? A Rhetorical Shift.

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...

Ingredients on How To Rescue a Bad Meeting

Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

Meetings are necessary. But not all meetings are good. To be more precise, not all meetings are run well. But how can...

Facilitator Training 101: Four Required Roles Supporting Effective Facilitation

Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Support

We all have skills to perform many roles in life, such as switching quickly between parent and child when attending a...

STOP! Were We Even In The Same Meeting?

Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

Daniel Pink’s newest research proves that the end of a meeting is more important than the beginning. Endings...

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