So your group needs to make a decision and here they are at the same impasse that has derailed the process before. Time to do something different. Three strategies you can employ right now: 1. Change the context to get…
Group Soup: Getting closer to Umami with just the right diversity of “ingredients”
I’m excited about my third round as facilitator in a University training for Search Committees – those charged with hiring teaching faculty in this fairly large university campus. I have already done two highly praised facilitations and now I have…
Consensus Wins the Game
I’ll admit it right up front – I’m conflict avoidant. I’m often the peacemaker in the group, and a great collaborator, with a truck full of “people skills”. I’m patient to a fault. But what I gain in “niceness” by…
Voice Power: The Asset You Don’t Think About
We are such a visual culture: videogames, television, movies, i-Everything. It’s easy to lose connection with other parts of our experience, because we aren’t focused on what we hear, but on what we see. This has given rise to the…