The Actor's Way - How to Become an Effective Facilitator
The thing I remember most about my Six Sigma training was the facilitator. An engineer in his late 50's, he had white hair and a wrinkled shirt. I remember walking into the room and seeing something I had not seen in many years - an overhead with a large stack of acetates next to it. Oh boy, I thought, this should be fun. Well, about an hour into it fun was the last word I would use to descri
What I Learned From Belbin Team Roles Training
I did a course in Belbin Team Roles in October 2009. I found the course helped me define how I see myself and how others see me.Dr. Meredith Belbin has a theory that there are 9 Team Roles in the Workplace. Simply put, some people are good at Task/Action Roles, others are Social/ Team Players and other people are Thinkers. The categories are broken down as follows: -1. Action oriented peopleS
Three Phases of Value-Added Meetings
To accomplish valuable work during a meeting, the meeting should follow the three phases that a meeting goes through. These are opening the meeting, accomplishing the primary purpose, and closing the meeting. Opening the meeting includes taking a few minutes to review and agree to the meeting purpose and agenda. This lets everyone know and understand the key objective for the meeting and the
Secrets to Effective Staff Meetings
The following typical staff meeting statistics were compiled from a Survey conducted by GroupSystems :The typical staff meeting is 50 minutes- 16 minutes wasted on inefficiencies- 59% do not take meeting minutes-68% said input from meeting is used rarely or not at all What can you do about it?Schedule in advance. If it is not an emergency, schedule one to two weeks in advance. Include start
How to Defuse Explosive Situations in a Facilitated Session
Sometimes as a facilitator you find yourself in a situation in which you are simply out of your league. Typically there are circumstances you haven't encountered before and you do your best to cope. Sometimes it works out. Other times it is a disaster. In the case I'm about to describe, disaster would be an understatement. The good news is, afterward, you'll have learned approaches that would
How to Hold Motivational Meetings
How many times have you phoned someone to be told, "They're in a meeting!?" At least 60 per cent of manager's time is spent in meetings. Research in one large organisation discovered that the figure could be as high as 90 per cent. And another survey found that many managers consider meetings they attend to be a waste of time. In fact, some managers say that - "meetings take minutes and waste
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