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We architect the sessions that produce a plan people own — and follow.
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Mergers, leadership dysfunction, change mandates — we’ve been in that room.
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Senior facilitators. Proven methodology. Guaranteed results.
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Build a plan your team will actually execute — using the Drivers Model.
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Let our facilitators run the session so your group focuses on outcomes.
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Meetings that waste everyone’s time
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Masterful Meetings
Stop losing hours to meetings that go nowhere. Build a system that actually works.
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Built for PMs who run multiple sessions a month and need results every time.
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Keep remote and in-room participants equally engaged. Half-day, high impact.
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Meeting skills and DISC — self-paced, start today, apply tomorrow.
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Our flagship 4-day course for anyone who leads meetings, retreats, or strategy sessions. 95% call it the best training they’ve ever taken.
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Already certified? Push further — DISC, advanced questioning, and facilitating on the fly.
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For internal and external consultants who need to manage clients and drive results.
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Design training that sticks — for L&D pros, SMEs, and anyone who trains groups.
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Emerging leaders and new managers — a facilitative approach to leading people.
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Fully tailored curriculum — we work with you from concept to delivery.
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Articles
Establishing Project Objectives
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. A key activity in successful client relationship management is making sure you manage client expectations. Managing ...
IT Soft Skills: The Key to Sustained Advancement
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. I remember the final interview for what was going to become my first job coming out ...
IT’s Role in Driving Business Strategy
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. Do you know of any sizeable information technology organization that has people sitting on their hands ...
Project Management versus Relationship Management: Introducing APEX
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. Do you have someone on your team who is a great project manager but lousy relationship ...
Recovering from a Mistake
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. As consultants, we all inevitably make mistakes that can threaten the relationships we have with our ...
Selecting Your Team
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. So, you’ve been named to head up the task force to fix the organization’s hiring process. ...
Strategies for the Intelligent Use of Consultants
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. “I don’t like using consultants,” said the CEO. “While with some of them you actually get ...
Team Composition
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. Special Topic: Selecting Participants There is a common saying in the facilitator world, “If you are ...
Team versus Group – A Team Building Exercise
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. Any project team, even the strongest ones, can fall into dysfunctional patterns. As facilitators, we are ...
The Art of Probing
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. Great facilitators are instinctively good at listening to comments, concluding when probing is necessary and determining ...
The Eight Essentials of Teams
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. Does each of the teams with which you are involved have the essentials for success? At ...
The Funneling Technique
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. Have you heard a client say something like the following? “It did not work very well” ...
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