Facilitation

Transformation Through CareFrontation

Giving others feedback on behaviors that make us uncomfortable can be really tough. In this week’s article Transformation Through CareFrontation, we share a simple method of delivering constructive, compassionate feedback to individuals or to an entire group, to expose ineffective behavior and to explore alternatives to that behavior. Click here... Read more of this article

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How to Use Talking Circles for Deep Communication

Long, long before group facilitation came on the scene, Native American cultures used Talking Circles to gather group wisdom for consensus decisions. In this week’s article, How to Use Talking Circles for Deep Communication, we discuss the essence of this tradition and how you can implement talking circles in your work with groups of all varieties.... Read more of this article

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Do You Have Imposter Syndrome?

One of our readers, Valerie Gillies, shared an interesting response to one of my past articles, Facilitateaphobia that dealt with fear faced by new facilitators. She shared information around something called the “Imposter Syndrome” put forward by an educational author Stephen Brookfield, in his book, “Skillful Teacher,” where... Read more of this article

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Don’t be an Allopathic Facilitator

Often we are called in to facilitate organizational interventions by organizations that are “sick,” meaning that their dysfunction has become so untenable that something simply must be done about it…”Our organization is broken and we need to fix it!” Pressured for a quick fix, we are often challenged to stand by approaches... Read more of this article

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Know the challenges of leading leaders

Have you ever facilitated a group of facilitators? In my experience, this can be a challenging thing to do. Some of my most frustrating experiences with groups have occurred when working within groups of my peers. In this week’s article, Facilitating Facilitators, I reflect on these experiences and made some observations that may help us see facilitation... Read more of this article

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What Are You Projecting?

This past week I had the opportunity to co-facilitate another Journey of Facilitation and Collaboration Workshop in the University of Wisconsin in Madison. As always, it was a pleasure to watch this new group of facilitators unfold as a high-functioning team. While many beautiful insights and opportunities emerged, there is one I want to speak about... Read more of this article

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