The AEIOU Model for Providing Feedback Providing feedback should occur regularly in groups or between two people, at any level of your team, group or organisation. It can be used between manager and team member; team member to team member; or manager to manager. Focusing on collaboration or a Win/Win outcome, the key to providing [Read more…]
Improve team performance
Get practical, real-world insights to help improve team performance If you’re a team leader or a professional facilitator looking for an edge in team performance, then read on! The Facilitators Inner Circle is looking forward to seeing you at our once a year forum. It’s a half-day, cutting edge event that provides you with practical [Read more…]
How to get Consensus when you have Conflict in a Meeting
Picture this…you’ve got two distinct groups in a meeting and the discussion is going off the rails. You can almost feel the physical ‘jarring’ as people take their own positions and stop listening. You can feel the anxiety growing and your pulse is thumping… How do you help the group work through their issues? In [Read more…]
How to Run a Project Planning Session When You’ve Never Done it Before
Supervisors, Team Leaders and Project Managers… this one’s for you! Picture this… You have just been asked to run a project planning session. You have never facilitated before and don’t know where to start.. People working in teams get dropped into situations like this all the time. And they go either one of three ways [Read more…]
Facilitation TV – What was your most monumental mistake in facilitation?
Working with teams can be tough. As a facilitator, no workshop will ever go 100% to plan. In fact, legendary facilitator, Bob Dick, calls his workshop agenda ‘the fantasy for the day’. In Episode 3 of Facilitation TV my Facilitators Inner Circle colleague, Bevan Bessen and I discuss our own monumental mistakes in facilitation and [Read more…]
Facilitation TV – What would’ve liked to have known about facilitating teams – before you started?
Instant, ready to use, practical tips to assist you in facilitation and working with teams Still only got six minutes to spare in your busy day for? Need to develop your skills in facilitation and working with teams? Facilitation TV is your solution! In Episode 2 of Facilitation TV, I team up with my Facilitators [Read more…]
Why Gordon Ramsay is a Top Teacher
Gordon certainly has his critics. His frickin’ foul language can be a bit off-putting for some. Others think he’s too aggro. I think he’s got lots to teach us – especially about teams. We’ve been watching his ‘Costa del Mar Nightmares’ and loving it. I like the way we see inside each restaurant business for [Read more…]
Building a skilled leadership group – Webinar
It can be difficult for community groups to maintain and foster strong leadership teams and having the right mix of suitably skilled and qualified people on committees can be a critical long-term success factor. I recently joined FRRR CEO, Alexandra Gartmann, and Victorian Community Leadership Program Secretariat, Katrina Baddely, to discuss a scan of rural [Read more…]
Making meetings work
Scary data! Time spent in meetings has been rising by 8% to 10% annually since 2000 (Bain & Co.) with middle managers spending 21 hours a week in meetings and senior managers spending up to 28 hours per week in meetings! Research highlighted in Harvard Business Review shows that 15% of an organization’s collective time [Read more…]
Using Alumni Programs to Generate New Clients
Recent survey work I’ve assisted has shown that providers of Rural Leadership Programs are getting up to 30% of their new registrations via referrals from their alumni programs. The programs don’t need to be overly complex either. Examples include: Facebook pages Quarterly email updates Networking events Blogs I’m interested to know what works for you [Read more…]