leadership Archives - Meeting Toolchest

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Engaging Attention

The level of attention people give each other in a meeting is a big factor in both efficiency and buy-in. So how can we increase … Read more

Co-Active Leadership

I am grateful to Andy Denne of Teaching Team Leadership for the following brief introduction to Co-Active Leadership. As we all learn to operate and … Read more

Structuring Effective Meetings

If you are an organisation or individual seeking to create an effective future, the key medium you have to effect this is in how you … Read more

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Making the room your own – confidence

Simple things like repositioning the flipchart can do a lot to build and sustain your confidence – – – – – – – – – … 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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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