If you like winning arguments, you’ve come to the right place. Particularly if you like to be right at work. What follows are 3 foolproof techniques for putting the argument to bed and coming away with a lasting sense of satisfaction that you were right all along. Prove it. You’re right, they’re wrong. If it’s…
Some of my work is Facilitation, which I describe as enabling a Meeting of Minds. Sometimes it works like Magic. By that, I mean that good things just happen, without being prompted, engineered or managed. After many years of doing this, I notice that the less structure, management, intervention and expectation there is, the more…
The Power of ? I’ve been reminded a number of times over the past few months just how powerful questions can be – often more potent than the answers. A recent example of this was a management team looking for answers to some pretty nebulous issues – and I use the word nebulous in the positive…
Understanding the simple dynamics of Facilitation can transform the quality of your meetings… Back in May I wrote a polemic (more of a rant, really) on Meetings. It got a pretty good reception, which I largely attribute to the picture I managed to find for it. Now I think it’s time to explore how Facilitation can,…