This week’s article, while a bit long, tells a potent true to life story about how a friend, who asks to remain nameless, helped facilitate significant change from the inside of a very oppressive organization. You’ll want to share this article with friends, clients, and associates who might be up against similar challenges. Please read, [...]
Embrace the Plateau
August 29, 2011 By 3 Comments
Society programs us for quick fixes. There’s the right answer or the right leader somewhere out there just beyond our grasp that will solve the social or economic problem of the day. Our “healthcare” system is a perfect reflection of this mentality now that there’s a pill available to mask the innumerable symptoms that arise [...]
Be a Facilitative Leader
August 22, 2011 By 3 Comments
Many readers have commented to me over the years how facilitation is simply one of many roles they play on their job from time to time. They exercise this role officially when asked to facilitate a meeting, workshop, or retreat. At other times, they may simply be facilitative in the way they show up in the [...]
Facilitation as a Leadership Style
August 15, 2011 By 2 Comments
Facilitation as a style of leadership is rapidly gaining ground. In an environment of rapid change, no single person can see all that is going on and that needs to be done. Command and control styles of leadership under these conditions break down. People on the front lines have the information they need to respond [...]
Ban Status Reporting Meetings
November 17, 2010 By 2 Comments
Upon returning from a government meeting last, a friend of mine related to me a very grim scenario that I know happens everyday all over the world. Twenty people were invited from around the country to attend a two-day meeting intended to foster understanding and cooperation between organizations. The collective cost for this venture? Around [...]
Give Your Groups a LIFT
September 22, 2010 By 1 Comment
This week’s article, Give Your Groups a LIFT is extracted from Barry Shapiro’s new book, Casting Call in the Theatre of Corporate America…the role of the extraordinary facilitator. The book serves as a practical guide to asses, measure and develop facilitators to insure that their extraordinary impact in the classroom translates to extraordinary outcomes at [...]
Bringing Meetings Back from the Dead
July 13, 2010 By 1 Comment
Creativity Generator for Managers
June 22, 2010 By 1 Comment
Our feature article in this issue Creativity Generator for Managers, is comprised of a short 15-question quiz, by Dr. Robert Epstein, to assess your ability to inspire creativity in others. Your scores will identify your current competency levels and will alert you to additional practices that may help you inspire more creativity in your groups [...]
Build Your Facilitation Competencies
April 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
For anyone with even the most basic experience in facilitation, it becomes quickly apparent that facilitation is as much an art as it is a science. Much of what we find to be effective resonates with our personal style and is gleaned over with time with practice. With that said, there are also some competencies [...]
Transmitting Self-Cooperation
November 3, 2009 By 3 Comments
A couple of years ago, I attended a weekend workshop on the Alexander Technique. The Alexander Technique works with your body awareness to help identify and release bad habits of movement that you have built up over a lifetime of stress. This tool is especially useful for singers, musicians, actors, dancers or athletes to help [...]
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