10 Essential Facilitation Skills for Meeting Leaders
A lot of meeting leaders think they know how to “run” a meeting. They may set an agenda, do most of the talking and make the decisions. While this may … Read more
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9 Meeting Facilitation Skills for Managers
Many managers think they know how to “run” a meeting. They set the agenda, do all of the talking, and make all of the decisions. While this may feel easy … Read more
How to Build a Better Meeting: Part Two
More on running better meetings, from the Great Leadership archives: The burden of running better meetings don’t just fall on the meeting leader’s shoulder – we all have a responsible … Read more
How to Build a Better Meeting: Part One
This week’s posts are all about running better meetings! We start with a new article over at About.com on how to run better team meetings. Follow these 10 tips and you’ll … Read more
8 Tips to Leading a Great Strategic Planning Session
Guest post from Patrick Thean: In business, a leader’s ability to strategically plan for the company’s future is of the highest importance. Your company will not be successful if you … Read more
Meetings: Three Ways to Respond to Ineffective Behavior
Guest post from Paul Axtell: Any time you lead or participate in a meeting, you are going to be confronted with situations and behaviors that don’t work. Good people do … Read more
Keeping the Devil’s Advocate in Check: Conflict Resolution for Small Groups
Business leaders have long been taught the benefits of cultivating diverse teams made up of individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. It has been well documented that diversity breeds creativity … Read more
8 Meeting Commandments that we all Need to Follow
This post recently appeared on SmartBlog on Leadership: We all like to complain about meetings. Meetings are a waste of time, boring, inefficient, run too long, nothing gets accomplished, etc., … Read more
How to Plan a Great Off-site Meeting
This post recently appeared on Smartblog on Leadership: To start off the New Year, a lot of leaders will take their teams “off-site” for a day or more. An off-site … Read more
How to Reach a Consensus Decision and Not Go Around in Circles Forever
Consensus building is hard work for a leader – it takes a willingness to “roll the dice” and be open to any alternative. Big egos need to be set aside. … Read more