team building
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 […]
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 […]
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% […]
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 […]
Planning your next meeting – get the room set up right
Here are some key insights from a breakthrough session that I recently attended at the Australasian Facilitators Network Conference, held in Sydney. The session was run by Kingsley Nowell and titled, ‘Behind the ‘Seens’ – Creating space in a sQuircle where division through fixed positions can be processed.’ I knew […]
The Basics of Mentoring
Using mentoring in your organisation Mentoring is often clouded in mystery and regularly placed in the workplace ‘too hard basket.’ Essentially it’s a one-to-one relationship between a more experienced and a less experienced employee which is based upon encouragement, constructive comments, openness, mutual trust, respect and a willingness to learn […]
Facilitation and Community Engagement Tips
Fasten your seatbelt, we’re blasting off into 2014. Now that you’re firmly into work-mode, it’s time to focus on what you really want from 2014. My recommendation is to make sure you have good resources behind you. As a starter, grab hold of your Summer 2014 Facilitation and Community Engagement […]
How to Improve Team Effectiveness
New to team supervision or management? Wanting to refresh your skills? Or just wondering where to start? You’ve come to the right place! I’ll be guiding you through the ‘Five Quick Steps to Improve Team Effectiveness’ on the 29th October in Perth. The program will show you how to: identify […]
Facilitation and Community Engagement Tips
Confessions of a MIA facilitator… I know it’s been awhile since you’ve heard from me….this may or may not have involved a kidnapping, a faked disappearance or monastic retreat – I’ll let you decide. Lame excuses aside, one thing that you can rely on is getting valuable, practical and ready […]
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