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Revisit Your Roots

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As life long learners, our field can get pretty complicated with all the models, strategies, philosophies, and approaches within which we tend to immerse ourselves. Considering this, it’s probably a good idea once in awhile to reflect on those core attitudes, skills, and perspectives that form the foundation of all the strategies and interventions we […]

Assessment Materials

Training and Informational Material for the Assessment Archetype Integral Assessment Overview Integral Assessment Questions Integral Project Charter How to Design Winning Workshops and Seminars “10 Questions Every Facilitator Should Answer Before Designing Their Next Workshop.” Featuring Marg Wall, M.Ed., Adult Educator, Learning Specialist. Written Summary  Right click here to download Audio MP3 Instructional Design Checklist Workshop Design […]

Collaborative Behaviors, Structures, and Culture

Collaborative Behaviors Over the years, we’ve made some observations about how groups appear when they’ve shifted from a collection of individuals to a cohesive whole. The sound of the group shifts. The sound of the voices at work in subgroups sounds like a pleasant and focused hum. Voices seem to be attuned to one another. […]

Core Values of the Integral Facilitator

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I view Self-Awareness as foundational to effective group leadership. As I review the primary drivers for facilitators—their core values—I’ve been exploring some kind of framework upon which these values might arise. To do this, I begin with the basic premise that right here and now we are all gifted with a most precious faculty:  Awareness. […]

Find a Mirror

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I was once invited to deliver a half-day basic facilitation workshop for a group of program managers within a large corporation. My sponsor, also the group leader, was a big fan of facilitation and his primary goal for the session was to increase his team’s interest in the subject. To tailor the training, I had […]

Groups Are Annoying

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I find it ironic sometimes that while I strongly believe in the importance of facilitation and very much enjoy doing it, there are certain elements of being a member of a group that I dislike. In fact, I’m anything but a joiner. I tend to move away from any long term involvement with groups. Why […]

Do You Resist Change or Being Changed?

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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 […]

Six Remote Management Mistakes

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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 […]

Facilitating Project Planning

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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 […]

Be a Model of Truth Telling

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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 […]