One thing central to any functional group is regular meetings. In a healthy organisation almost all decisions will be made at these meetings and there will be a sufficient level of discussion to ...

Working toward the inclusion of employees from different backgrounds and identities is important, but it doesn’t ensure that everyone will feel a sense of belonging. This is particularly clear when it ...

Don’t be the dreaded team leader who can’t facilitate a productive meeting! No one wants to hear staff groan and grumble that they’re going to yet another useless meeting. Before coming into my term ...

Learning how to facilitate and participate in impactful virtual and hybrid meetings will be one of the most significant competitive advantages you can give yourself in this new world of work. Why? A ...

Meetings often have a bad reputation. And, to be fair, they deserve it. Long-winded conversations, vague agendas, and bloated calendar invites can leave everyone wondering, “Couldn’t this have been an ...

Too often, we hear that some meetings "could have been emails." Meeting hygiene—the way we structure, run and participate in workplace gatherings—is a revealing signal of organizational culture. Here ...

Most employees know the feeling of sitting through an unproductive, long meeting that could have achieved the same results – perhaps more effectively – in an email. In the wake of these changes – ...

When you are running long meetings that require participants to think deeply and collaborate closely with one another, these facilitation techniques can create a larger impact and get better outcomes.

Facilitation is the art and science of helping groups achieve a goal by organizing and managing the process. Facilitative leaders have the skills, tools and awareness to draw out ideas, encourage ...