{"id":127,"date":"2011-04-21T01:01:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T05:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facilitativeleadership.wordpress.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:37:51","slug":"tao-of-facilitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/tao-of-facilitation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tao of Facilitation &#8212; Leaving the Ego Behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/TAO.png\"><img wpfc-lazyload-disable=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5827 aligncenter\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-04-25 at 4.41.31 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/TAO-300x225.png\" alt=\"The TAO of Facilitation\" width=\"431\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/TAO-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/TAO.png 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Tao of Facilitation<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>10th Verse of the Tao<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Can you love your people<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">and govern your domain<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">without self-importance?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">. . .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">working, yet not taking credit;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">leading without controlling or dominating?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While it is not easy leaving the ego at the threshold, it is mandatory for modern and effective facilitative leadership. Meetings run best when the leader is NOT talking, but rather listening. There is an inverse relationship between the amount of air time consumed by the facilitator&#8217;s voice and the perceived success of the meeting. If the facilitator speaks 100 percent of the time, the meeting will be viewed as a complete failure. Participants will view meetings favorably when they speak most of the time during a meeting &#8212; guaranteed. That&#8217;s the <em>tao<\/em> of facilitation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Most of us have attended a class on public speaking. Listening, we learn, is no less important (and perhaps even more important) than speaking. Listening also supports facilitating, which is why listening is one of the core skills we apply in our facilitation training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to the Dalai Lama:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know; but when you listen, you may learn something new.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>______<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Don\u2019t ruin your career by hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/bad-meetings\/\">bad meetings<\/a>. Sign up for a <a href=\"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/public-facilitation-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">workshop<\/a> or send this to someone who should. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260106090117\/https:\/\/mgrush.com\/\">MGR<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">USH<\/span><\/a><\/em> workshops focus on meeting design and practice. Each person practices tools, methods, and activities every day during the week. Therefore, while some call this immersion, we call it the road to building high-value facilitation skills.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tao of Facilitation 10th Verse of the Tao Can you love your people and govern your domain without self-importance? . . . working, yet not taking credit; leading without controlling or dominating? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While it is not easy leaving the ego at the threshold, it is mandatory for modern and effective facilitative leadership. 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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 \u201cnobody is smarter than everybody,\u201d the book details the why, what, and how of building consensus when making decisions, planning, and solving problems. 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