Action Toolset

Basic action tools. Techniques for helping to make sure that the meeting leads to actions. And that these actions take place as planned. These activity tools will help you to end your meeting well. Simply glance through the boxes below and click on the assembly tools that interest you.
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Simple Kanban

At its core, Kanban is a visual management method that aims ...
Action Planning Sheet

Action Planning Sheet

Building clarity over what needs to happen to progress – – ...
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Identifying low-hanging fruit

Using an impact-ease grid to maximise leverage on results – – ...
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Avoiding action fugginess – Kipling Lists

Ensuring the who, what, when, where, how, and why – – ...
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Using a planning chart

Laying it all out in detail to ensure it fits in ...
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Questions to encourage Action

Using questions to bring clarity to what will happen when – ...
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The $500 bet

The question that causes people to take another look – – ...
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Action Minutes

A quick and simple way to document responsibilities – – – ...
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Challenging commitment

There are many levels to commitment, which are we at? – ...
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Tracking Action Completion

Applying ‘what gets measured gets done’ to actions – – – ...
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Conducting difficult conversations

Addressing issues in delivery and commitment – – – – – ...
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Re-balancing motivation

Using a force-field diagram to improve adopter engagement – – – ...
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Looking at the implications

Mapping the downsides to turn them into upsides – – – ...
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Conducting a Pre-Mortem

A clever way to learn from failure BEFORE it happens – ...
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Photocapture of meeting outputs

Mobile tools that make it easy to record outcomes – – ...
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Driving activity between meetings

Using ‘always-on’ whiteboards to keep the thinking active – – – ...

For instant tools that can be set up in seconds and engage people quickly. Take a look at the Instant Participation Templates.

Cannot find the assembly tools you are looking for?

The full meeting toolchest is a comprehensive selection of tools and techniques to support good facilitation of better meetings. But a large selection can prove a bit overwhelming to someone just starting out. For this reason we limit what is offered in the basic section of the site. However, the full set is freely available – simply click on the advanced tab at the top of the page. And this will give you full access.

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