{"id":1503,"date":"2013-07-04T04:12:42","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T08:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facilitativeleadership.wordpress.com\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:00:20","slug":"group-clarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/group-clarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Precise Questions that Improve Group Clarity and Build Consensus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We have learned during facilitated meetings and workshops, that it&#8217;s not easy for participants to respond to broad questions like &#8220;How do you solve global hunger?&#8221; \u00a0While meaningful, the question&#8217;s scope is too broad (and perhaps vague) to stimulate specific, actionable (ie,\u00a0<a title=\"SMART Versus DUMB Criteria\" href=\"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/26\/smart-versus-dumb-criteria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SMART<\/a>) responses like &#8220;We could convert eight abandoned mine shafts in Somalia to create temperature controlled food storage areas.&#8221; To improve group clarity, use the following.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Extemporaneous leaders have a tendency to transition during meetings with broad questions like, &#8220;Are we <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">OK<\/span> with this list?&#8221;, \u00a0&#8220;Can we move on?&#8221;, or &#8220;Anything else?&#8221;. \u00a0Facilitate with structure and precision by modifying your transitions with these three questions, adapted to your own situation:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Do we need to clarify anything? 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(scrub for\u00a0<em>omissions<\/em>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The three detailed questions make it easier for meeting participants to analyze, agree, and move on.<\/span><\/p>\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 or reputation with <a href=\"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/bad-meetings\/\">bad meetings<\/a>. Register for a workshop or forward 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>professional facilitation workshops focus on practice. Each participant thoroughly practices and rehearses tools, methods, and approaches throughout the week. While some call this immersion, we call it the road to building impactful facilitation skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\">Punctuation Precision, Humorously Proven by &#8220;Eats, Shoots &amp; Leaves&#8221; (mgrush.com\/blog)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\">40 Proven Questions to Determine and Mitigate Meeting or Workshop Risk (1 of 5) (mgrush.com\/blog)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\">You Can Effectively Facilitate a Group of People With These Three Principles (mgrush.com\/blog)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\">SCAMPER is a Mnemonic to Prompt for Excellent, Impromptu Questions\u00a0(mgrush.com\/blog)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have learned during facilitated meetings and workshops, that it&#8217;s not easy for participants to respond to broad questions like &#8220;How do you solve global hunger?&#8221; \u00a0While meaningful, the question&#8217;s scope is too broad (and perhaps vague) to stimulate specific, actionable (ie,\u00a0SMART) responses like &#8220;We could convert eight abandoned mine shafts in Somalia to create [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[453185969],"tags":[453190834,453190833,453190832,453192128,453190831],"class_list":["post-1503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communication-skills","tag-build-consensus","tag-consensus-building","tag-improve-group-clarity","tag-meetings-that-get-results","tag-precise-questions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3 Precise Questions to Improve Group Clarity and Build Consensus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Got a minute? 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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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