Five Ways to Facilitate Group Conversations

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Have you ever felt ‘stuck’ in a conversation with three or more people that just wasn’t going anywhere? People are droning on and on about this and that, leaving you bored and wishing you could just slip away? This is an all too familiar social situation – we’ve all been there and, chances are, we’re [...]

Recognizing and Resolving Barriers to Collaboration

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Collaboration is key to achieving results in organizations. Yet cultural programming and the pounding mantra to compete from every sector of society often overshadows the possibility of collaboration. Thankfully today there seems to be a growing interest, along with a growing need to collaborate. In this article, we explore several societal norms that impede collaborative [...]

Give Your Groups a LIFT

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 [...]

Transmitting Self-Cooperation

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 [...]