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Do You Resist Change or Being Changed?

October 13, 2014 by Steve Davis 51072 Commentshttps%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2Ffacilitation%2Fdo-you-resist-change-or-being-changed%2FDo+You+Resist+Change+or+Being+Changed%3F2014-10-13+21%3A59%3A20Steve+Davishttp%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2F%3Fp%3D5107

Because of my work as a consultant, trainer and coach I deal with change and people’s reactions to it all the time. When a Client decides to work with us, they are recognizing that some sort of change is needed. After all, if they want more effective teams, better Customer Service, higher creativity, more effective […]

Filed Under: Facilitation, Leadership Tagged With: change management, influencing change

Queasy about Conflict?

October 6, 2014 by Steve Davis 50942 Commentshttps%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2Fmeetings%2Fqueasy-about-conflict%2FQueasy+about+Conflict%3F2014-10-06+22%3A08%3A02Steve+Davishttp%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2F%3Fp%3D5094

Why are we so nervous about conflict in the groups we facilitate? It is the anger, emotion and personal attacks in conflict that make us uncomfortable and that are debilitating to groups. Conflict is a normal, natural part of human interaction and sooner or later it is part of virtually every group’s experience. When acknowledged […]

Filed Under: Facilitation, Leadership, Meeting Facilitation Tagged With: conflict intervention, conflict resolution

Six Remote Management Mistakes

September 29, 2014 by Steve Davis 5085Leave a Commenthttps%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2Fmeetings%2Fsix-remote-management-mistakes%2FSix+Remote+Management+Mistakes2014-09-29+23%3A50%3A18Steve+Davishttp%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2F%3Fp%3D5085

How do you manage people you rarely see? Though the same basic management principles apply to virtual teams that work for “live” teams, we sometimes assume the attitude, “out of sight, out of mind,” when it comes to managing people at a distance. Read about some of the common pitfalls of managing virtual teams below […]

Filed Under: Facilitation, Leadership, Meeting Facilitation Tagged With: managing virtual teams

Shrink Marathon Staff Meetings

September 23, 2014 by Steve Davis 50592 Commentshttps%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2Fmeetings%2Fshrink-marathon-staff-meetings%2FShrink+Marathon+Staff+Meetings2014-09-23+12%3A51%3A02Steve+Davishttp%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2F%3Fp%3D5059

Most staff meetings are information sharing or reporting sessions. As a general rule, they are one of the most misused types of meetings and are better used to clarify information already provided. Much of the reporting typically done in information sharing meetings should be done one-on-one or in writing. Often these meetings are just for […]

Filed Under: Facilitation, Meeting Facilitation Tagged With: meetings, staff meetings

Facilitating Project Planning

September 15, 2014 by Steve Davis 5024Leave a Commenthttps%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2Ffacilitation%2Ffacilitating-project-planning%2FFacilitating+Project+Planning2014-09-15+21%3A40%3A39Steve+Davishttp%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2F%3Fp%3D5024

What is Planning? Planning is setting the direction for something — some system — and then working to ensure the system follows that direction. Systems have inputs, processes, outputs and outcomes defined as follows: Inputs to the system include resources such as raw materials, money, technologies and people. A Process is employed on these inputs […]

Filed Under: Facilitation, Leadership

Be a Model of Truth Telling

September 8, 2014 by Steve Davis 50172 Commentshttps%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2Ffacilitation%2Fbe-a-model-of-truth-telling%2FBe+a+Model+of+Truth+Telling2014-09-08+22%3A08%3A28Steve+Davishttp%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2F%3Fp%3D5017

We don’t mean to deceive ourselves but we’re all so accustomed to doing so with others that it can become an unconscious reflex. Embellishing or withholding our whole truth becomes a habit. This habit is reinforced socially (as in “I’m just trying to be nice”), politically (as in “politically correct”), and personally (as in “I’m […]

Filed Under: Facilitation Tagged With: dysfunction, truth telling

Operating from Center as a Facilitator

September 2, 2014 by Steve Davis 3503 Commentshttps%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2Ftraining%2Foperating-from-center-as-a-facilitator%2FOperating+from+Center+as+a+Facilitator+2014-09-02+07%3A05%3A24Steve+Davishttp%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2F%3Fp%3D350

We are all basically ordinary. None of us has more than one brain, is free of the need to take time to eat and breathe, or goes through life without any conflicts. Einstein flunked math, the Wright Brothers were simple bicycle mechanics, and Mark Twain never took a high school English Course. What is extraordinary […]

Filed Under: Facilitation, FacilitatorTraining Tagged With: centering, self-awareness

Getting Grounded With Ground Rules

August 25, 2014 by Steve Davis 4989Leave a Commenthttps%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2Fmeetings%2Fgetting-grounded-with-ground-rules%2FGetting+Grounded+With+Ground+Rules+2014-08-25+18%3A28%3A51Steve+Davishttp%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2F%3Fp%3D4989

What are Ground Rules? Ground Rules, also referred to as Operating Norms or Operating Agreements (we’ll use this latter term from now on), form the boundary of a group’s process container. In a world where many of our ways of communicating are habitually dysfunctional, creating, committing to, and following good operating agreements is a huge […]

Filed Under: Facilitation, FacilitatorTraining, Meeting Facilitation Tagged With: ground rules, operating agreements, operating norms

Modularize Your Workshops

August 11, 2014 by Steve Davis 3101 Commenthttps%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2Ftraining%2Fmodularize-your-workshops%2FModularize+Your+Workshops2014-08-11+08%3A16%3A16Steve+Davishttp%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2F%3Fp%3D310

People learn and digest information best when it’s delivered in “bite-sized” chunks over relatively short periods of time. Dividing lengthy trainings and workshops into modules of one hour or so in length facilitates both the learning achieved by your participants, but also the design of the workshop itself. Refer to the following tips when modularization […]

Filed Under: Facilitation, FacilitatorTraining Tagged With: workshop design

The Abiline Paradox: The Management of Agreement

August 4, 2014 by Steve Davis 3271 Commenthttps%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2Ffacilitation%2Fthe-abiline-paradox-the-management-of-agreement%2FThe+Abiline+Paradox%3A+The+Management+of+Agreement+2014-08-04+05%3A48%3A00Steve+Davishttp%3A%2F%2Ffacilitatoru.com%2F%3Fp%3D327

That July afternoon in Coleman, Texas (population 5,607), was particularly hot – 104 degrees according to the Walgreen’s Rexall’s thermometer. In addition, the wind was blowing fine-grained West Texas topsoil through the house. But the afternoon was still tolerable – even potentially enjoyable. A fan was stirring in the air on the back porch; there […]

Filed Under: Facilitation Tagged With: communication

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