Facilitation
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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“I don’t understand it. If all we are doing is reviewing the action plans created by the teams, why do we need a facilitator? Each team leader is going to present his or her action plan, the rest of us will c
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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The Problem
Organizations around the globe are assembling teams of facilitators to help their organizations plan and execute more effective meetings. Yet how do you know if your team is developing? How do y
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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Are you a masterful meeting participant? In my recently released book, The Secrets to Masterful Meetings, I offer the following definition of a masterful meeting.
A masterful meeting is a well-prepared, s
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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It’s painful to see. But it happens so often, there ought to be a law against it!
Imagine, there is a room of 16 people sitting at tables in a u-shape. The facilitator is in the front leading the session.
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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Facilitators and consultants are often charged with helping groups work together to create solutions that address issues, meet objectives, resolve problems, etc. One of the skills that is important to bring
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Facilitator or speaker? You mean there’s a difference? Facilitating a group session and addressing a group as a professional speaker are competencies applied to achieve different ends. In planning your next event, how do you know whi
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Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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Consider this dilemma.
You are the head of the Human Resources Department for your organization. You are driving home pondering a decision. Earlier in the day, the chief operating officer came to you with a
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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When it comes down to it, I believe facilitation is really all about purposeful engagement. In essence, in every session, facilitators need to be able to answer a fundamental question.
How do you bring pe
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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Over the past ten years, our organization has probably facilitated over 500 team and task force meetings. Through this work we have learned that the quality of the first meeting greatly impacts the success of
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Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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What is it that separates great facilitators from good ones? Sure, every facilitator needs to know about establishing ground rules, using the appropriate tools and maintaining a safe environment. But are there
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Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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Human resources and training professionals are frequently called upon to lead executive retreats, guide cross functional task forces and work with dysfunctional teams. In these “group” interactions, in which th
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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As a professional facilitator, I often find myself in day-to-day situations in which I conclude, “Facilitation could be helpful here.” I draw this conclusion most often when a group is ineffective due primari
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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Organizations across the world have been learning that facilitated group sessions can be quite effective at developing creative solutions to address shared problems. In a facilitated session, the group attemp
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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Five-finger consensus is designed to encourage significant agreement without jeopardizing the quality of the solution. Here's how it works.
Once an alternative is proposed and discussed, and the group is r
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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If you facilitate cross-functional teams within a large organization or community task forces assembled to address a specific issue, it is likely that there will be a large percentage of your team members who
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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At Leadership Strategies, our client relationship managers work hard to match facilitators with the specific needs and budget constraints of our clients. While some sessions are fairly basic and can be handl
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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For many who call themselves facilitators, using icebreakers is simply part of the profession. How do you use ice breakers? And when do you use them?
Recently, someone asked the following question.
I've
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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Over my twenty-plus years as a facilitator, I estimate that I have personally led well over 500 facilitated sessions. Over that time, there are three sessions in particular that I wish I could do over or at
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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While a member of one of the national consulting firms (and before learning any of the material that makes up the Secrets of Facilitation), I was working with an oil and gas exploration company in the southwe
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By Michael Wilkinson, CMF
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Every so often you learn something that permanently transforms the way you think about how you do your work. I certainly did a few months back. And if you design training, I think you may as well.
A few
