What Would It Take to Get These People Engaged??
January 19, 2021
Last week I hosted the first session in a series I’m calling Facilitation Practice Play Space. At the beginning of the session, I asked participants to write in…
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Helping Colleagues Solve Their Own Problems
January 5, 2021When a colleague’s behavior keeps the team from accomplishing its goals, one great way to get the work back on track is to have a coaching conversation. Let’s…
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How to Deal with the Most Annoying Person in the Office
December 15, 2020Everyone agrees that Dwight is the most annoying person in the office. He tends to put himself in charge of things. In meetings, he just goes on and…
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You’re a Coach! Yes, You.
November 27, 2020You might not embrace the idea that you’re a coach. Maybe your image of a coach is that guy on the sidelines yelling at the players: Do this,…
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Sometimes the Leader Goes Last
November 16, 2020In creating culture on purpose, leaders have to lead, right? Right. But leading doesn’t always mean going first. Of course leaders have to exemplify the culture they’re trying…
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Reactivity vs Inquiry: A Case Study
November 3, 2020The manager — let’s call him Jerry — would storm into the open-plan area where the writers and designers were working, shout to get everyone’s attention, and then…
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5 More Ways to Make Your Virtual Conference Successful
October 13, 2020As I shared last time, the most important thing you can do to make your virtual conference or meeting successful is to designate a Roz: a producer who,…
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You Need a Producer
September 30, 2020I mean producer as in movie or TV production: the person who stands behind the scenes to make the whole thing go. Small team meetings need a trained…
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Custodial Ownership Revisited
September 16, 2020In an earlier blog, I wrote: In one sense, everyone in the organization is responsible for a healthy and productive culture…. But leaders have custodial power over organizational…
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Nobody Really Hates Meetings
June 17, 2020Seriously. Nobody hates meetings per se. People hate meetings because they go on too long and there are too many of them. But how long is “too long”?…
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