{"id":1278,"date":"2013-01-10T04:09:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T09:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facilitativeleadership.wordpress.com\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:21:22","slug":"facilitative-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/facilitative-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Quick Tips to Help You Become a More Successful Facilitative Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are 15 quick tips to help you become a more successful facilitative leader.<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. \u201cThe wisdom of the crowd<\/i>\u201d effect has long been recognized, but scientists have gone further by showing that the strategy works even when the crowd consists of one person (Scientific American Mind, pg 14, Oct-Nov 2008).<\/span>\n

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    Fun Facts<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n

  2. Brain research on Buddhist monks seems to indicate that \u201cHOW\u201d you think, not \u201cWHAT\u201d you think about, improves brain activity (The Futurist, pg 36, Sep-Oct 2007).<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Decision-making is important because making a decision signifies the beginning of an activity, and the value of consensus derives from harmonized activities.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. \n

    Everest in Tibetan is Qomocangma (pronounced, CHO MOL UNG MA), and in Nepalese is Sagaratha.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
  5. Extract more value from interactions:\u00a0 Companies have been automating or offshoring an increasing proportion of their production and manufacturing (transformational) activities and their clerical or simple rule-based (transactional) activities.\u00a0 As a result, a growing proportion of the labor force in developed economies engages primarily in work that involves negotiations and conversations, knowledge, judgment, and ad hoc <\/i>collaboration\u2014namely, tacit interactions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Facilitating through video or telepresence involves three considerations not found when facilitating audio-only meetings, namely:<\/span>
    \na. Clothing; for example, stripes or patterned shirts are not recommended during a videoconference and may not display well at the remote site(s).<\/span>
    \nb. Plain-colored shirts and pants\/skirts are optimal.\u00a0 Also, avoid wearing white and red.<\/span>
    \nc. Restrict movement as much as possible.\u00a0 Excessive movements are disruptive to viewers at the far site(s). Have a backup plan for your meeting or class in the event of connection failures or equipment problems.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. \n
    Howard Gardner<\/a> (Harvard University<\/a>) has introduced two more types of innate intelligence, bringing his documented total to nine:<\/span><\/h5>\n

    a. Existential Intelligence\u2014Sensitivity and capacity to tackle deep questions about human existence, such as the meaning of life, why we die, and how we get here.<\/span>
    \nb. Naturalist Intelligence (\u201cNature Smart\u201d)<\/span><\/li>\n

  8. Instead of de Bono\u2019s Thinking Hats <\/i>approach, consider assigning people or groups to emulate other famous people (e.g.; Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mahatma Gandhi, Michelle Obama, etc.) or collections (e.g.; ant colonies, weather, monastery, mafia, etc) and ask the group\u2014\u201cHow would this person or collection address the problem at hand?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of his seminal work on the theory of evolution, we are reminded NOT the strongest of the species survives, NOR the most intelligent; rather, \u201cthe one most responsive to change<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. \n

    Note the irony: \u201cI\u2019ll see it when I can believe it.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
  11. Parsimony:\u00a0 The Golden Rule is only 11 words<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Research shows that innovation won\u2019t happen without a diverse workforce.\u00a0 So, don\u2019t clone yourself.<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. The only qualification for innovation is having been five years old.\u00a0 On average, a five-year-old laughs 100 times per day while the 44-year-old laughs only eleven times per day.<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. The original Palm Pilot had only four features: tasks, calendar, contacts, and memos.<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. The single most powerful word in negotiations is \u201cHUH?\u201d\u00a0 It says, \u201cTell me more\u201d, without offering rejection or objection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    ______<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

    Don\u2019t ruin your career by hosting bad meetings<\/a>. Sign up for a workshop<\/a> or send this to someone who should. MGRUSH<\/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":"

    Here are 15 quick tips to help you become a more successful facilitative leader. \u201cThe wisdom of the crowd\u201d effect has long been recognized, but scientists have gone further by showing that the strategy works even when the crowd consists of one person (Scientific American Mind, pg 14, Oct-Nov 2008). 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