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Facilitative Leadership – How Novice Facilitators Can Succeed Quickly
Using the principles of facilitative leadership, novice facilitators will succeed when they draw a line of sight from...
How to Facilitate Multiple Generations — All the Time
Staying relevant and compelling when you facilitate multiple generations presents significant challenges. Problems...
Meeting Announcement Considerations Prior to Shipping a Pre-Read
Before you send a meeting or workshop pre-read to participants, consider a formal meeting announcement rather than an...
Establishing Common Purpose Provides the Secret to Building Consensus
Always remember, to ask WHY before WHAT before HOW when you want to lead a group of people to shared understanding....
Challenge the Status Quo, such as “We don’t do things that way around here.”
Those of you familiar with the MGRUSH curriculum remember the challenge of the “bookworm” exercise that only one or...
What to Do About the Seven Deadly Sins of Facilitating (in alphabetical order):
You've heard plenty about what to do, but the Seven Deadly Sins of Facilitating also suggest what NOT to do. The...
Sign the Charter for Compassion and Consider Becoming a Supporting Member
Ultimately, consensus-building requires intuition and a higher self to overcome the selfishness of physical and...
The FUD Factor: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt Amplify Fear, but People Change Anyway
Paradigms Paradigms are established accepted norms, patterns of behavior, or a shared set of assumptions. Shaking them...
The Way People Think Affects How You Intervene to Build Consensus
Differences -- People think differently. As session leader, you empower participants and their ability to understand...
Do NOT Lead Another Workshop Without These Four Workshop Documents
There are four workshop documents each facilitator must provide or ensure: Pre-Read Annotated Agenda Slide Deck Output...
Three Types of Persuasion for Individuals to Embrace Organizational Goals
Meeting and workshop participants by definition ought to be participatory. To get and stay involved, subject matter...
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