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The 10 Principles of SMART Facilitation (TM)– An Overview
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. (Adapted from The Secrets of Facilitation) In my first book, The Secrets of Facilitation, I described ...
The Five Ps of Preparation
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. As part of our work with a large urban public school system, we were asked to ...
The Nearly Dysfunctional Executive Session
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. Adapted from The Secrets of Facilitation The CEO of one of the major computer mainframe manufacturers ...
The Power of the Pen
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. (Adapted from The Secrets of Facilitation) A Case Study A member of our team was serving ...
The Secrets to Guerilla Meeting Facilitation
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. There will be times when a meeting is not going well, but the meeting leader is ...
The Seven Separators of Great Facilitation Workshop Program
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. What is it that separates great facilitators from good ones? Sure, every facilitator needs to know ...
The Soul of A Facilitator
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. Adapted from The Secrets of Facilitation What does it take to be an excellent facilitator? Great ...
The What, The Why, The How
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. A few months ago I had the opportunity to facilitate a training session for 120 HR ...
Training Verses Facilitation
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Understanding the Fundamental Secret of Facilitation
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. (Adapted from The Secrets of Facilitation) Professional facilitators know a powerful secret. What makes it a ...
Unisys Case Study
1. Case Study: Avoiding the Executive Feeding Frenzy! The CEO of one of the major computer mainframe manufacturers called a meeting of his eight direct ...
What Makes a Great Trainer?
By Michael Wilkinson, CMF Managing Director, Leadership Strategies, Inc. What is it that makes great trainers great? What is it that they do that separates ...
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