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Moving past failure – what makes a clown?

Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was falling. As they came around a bend, they met a … Read more

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Influencing Options

Meetings are particularly effective when the people within them take ownership for working out what needs to be done and then commit themselves to do … Read more

Questions to influence the flow

In the article on Influencing Options we looked at the importance of questions to develop and maintain ownership within the meeting. This brief section is intended … Read more

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Basic Facilitation – an introduction

Facilitation is about two things. It is about having a process which people will follow, and it is about intervening to enable the people to … Read more

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Maturity Models

Maturity Models are useful devices for building ownership for improvement within a viable strategy of overall change. They basically consist of a number of dimensions … Read more

Hopes & Concerns

Hopes & Concerns is a tool which enables groups to outline and share their positive and negative feelings about an event from the outset. How … Read more

Clothesline for virtual meetings

See also Clothesline for target setting by consensus The Clothesline is a tool used to develop group consensus on target setting. In the physical environment, … Read more

Meetings Checklist

Phase 1 Clarity of purpose/process Is there a clear objective defined which warrants the meeting? Is it necessary (as a meeting) or can (at least … Read more

Seven Rules of Feedback

For most of us, feedback is an unresolved paradox between our head and our heart. Logically, we embrace the notion that feedback is essential to … Read more

Example Ground Rules

The following ground rules are offered as an example for you to adapt or utilise as you wish. For more information, see Guidance on meeting … Read more

Steps to a Facilitative Meeting Process

Effective facilitation begins with an understanding of ‘how’ things are happening, and how that ‘how’ needs to change if things are to happen better. It … Read more

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Managing Meeting Flow

Meeting Task and Maintenance Skills At a surface level, it is easy to believe that the interactions which take place in a meeting are all … Read more