With this initial blog, we have launched compelling content about the dynamic role of a facilitator in the interactive world of instant communications. This Best Practices site anchors feeds to Google+, Linked-In, Reddit, Twitter, and hundreds of other sites for seekers of improved servant leadership skills — to make easy.

facilius reddo — The Modern/ Facilitative Leadership Style to Make Easy

Facilius Reddo: Embracing the Modern Facilitative Leadership Style

The term “facilitaera” first appeared in France in 1611, during the Renaissance, originating from the Latin phrase facilius reddo, which means “easily accomplished” or “attained.” At its core, “facil” translates to “make easy.”

To Make Easy Using Dynamic Content: The Evolving Role of Facilitators in an Age of Instant Communication

We aim to make it easier for you to make it easier for others to explain issues and positions, create and understand options, and make more informed decisions. Our goal supports your facilitative efforts to simplify complex processes, empowering you to make it easier for others to articulate issues, explore and understand options, and make informed decisions.

Purpose: To Make It Easy

At MGRUSH we define “consensus” as a situation where everyone can support the outcome without losing sleep over it. Our mission is to equip you with the tools and techniques to help others achieve true consensus—not by taking the easy way out, but by fostering creativity, innovation, and overcoming barriers like miscommunication, politics, and perceived intolerance.

Your role and attitude are critical. By engaging with this Best Practices series, you’ll cultivate an attitude of continuous learning and improvement. In this millennium, learning and listening have emerged as the most effective attitudes for facilitators. We invite your comments, feedback, and challenges, and encourage you to share this content with session leaders—even those who aren’t MGRUSH-certified facilitators.

Upcoming Topics

In other articles, you can look forward to exploring topics such as:

• The Art of Precise Questioning
• Rhetorical Precision: The Impact of a Single Word
• Overcoming Speaker Challenges
• The Tao of Facilitation
• Transforming Your Responsibility Matrix into a GANTT Chart
• Reviews of Cutting-Edge Research and Empirical Studies

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Don’t ruin your career by hosting bad meetings. Sign up for a workshop or send this to someone who should. MGRUSH workshops focus on meeting design and practice. Each person practices tools and methods daily during the week. While some call this immersion, we call it the road that yields high-value facilitation skills.

Our workshops also provide a superb way to earn up to 40 SEUs from the Scrum Alliance, 40 CDUs from IIBA, 40 Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) based on Federal Acquisition Certification Continuous Professional Learning Requirements using Training and Education activities, 40 Professional Development Units (PDUs) from SAVE International, as well as 4.0 CEUs for other professions. (See workshop and Reference Manual descriptions for details.)

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Go to the Facilitation Training Store to access proven, in-house resources, including full agendas, break timers, forms, and templates. Also, take a moment to SHARE this article with others.

To Help You Unlock Your Facilitation Potential: Experience Results-Driven Training for Maximum Impact    #facilitationtraining #meeting design

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• People Search = https://pudding.cool/2019/05/people-map/
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• Walking Gorilla = https://youtu.be/vJG698U2Mvo

Facilitation Expert

Terrence Metz, president of MG RUSH Facilitation Training, was just 22-years-old and working as a Sales Engineer at Honeywell when he recognized a widespread problem—most meetings were ineffective and poorly led, wasting both time and company resources. However, he also observed meetings that worked. What set them apart? A well-prepared leader who structured the session to ensure participants contributed meaningfully and achieved clear outcomes.

Throughout his career, Metz, who earned an MBA from Kellogg (Northwestern University) experienced and also trained in various facilitation techniques. In 2004, he purchased MG RUSH where he shifted his focus toward improving established meeting designs and building a curriculum that would teach others how to lead, facilitate, and structure meetings that drive results. His expertise in training world-class facilitators led to the 2020 publication of Meetings That Get Results: A Guide to Building Better Meetings, a comprehensive resource on effectively building consensus.

Grounded in the principle that “nobody is smarter than everybody,” the book details the why, what, and how of building consensus when making decisions, planning, and solving problems. Along with a Participant’s Guide and supplemental workshops, it supports learning from foundational awareness to professional certification.

Metz’s first book, Change or Die: A Business Process Improvement Manual, tackled the challenges of process optimization. His upcoming book, Catalyst: Facilitating Innovation, focuses on meetings and workshops that don’t simply end when time runs out but conclude with actionable next steps and clear assignments—ensuring progress beyond discussions and ideas.