In this article I am going to provide 12 scenarios and 12 powerful questions that can be used during role-play exercises or training on efficient and effective meetings. For each of these scenarios, the trainer or facilitator will pose questions to the attendees to gather insights on their possible reactions, ideas, thoughts, solutions. The coach should adapt […]
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The show must go on despite empty spaces and abandoned places
We don’t know what the post COVID-19 world will look like and we don’t know how long it will take to get used to the new norm. I made a random list of places many of us don’t meet at anymore with our co-workers. At least up to now. Subway, tram, train, busSidewalk to the […]
Extremely efficient and effective meetings – Participant Checklist
I previously wrote a series of articles titled “Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations” on how to run extremely efficient and effective meetings. In the series I deep dive on a set of practices and actions to have successful and satisfying meetings. More important than the practices are the core principles behind them and the mindset required […]
Extremely efficient and effective meetings – Facilitator Checklist
I previously wrote a series of articles titled “Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations” on how to run extremely efficient and effective meetings. In the series I deep dive on a set of practices and actions to have successful and satisfying meetings. More important than the practices are the core principles behind them and the mindset required […]
Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 3: After the meeting
This is the third of a series of articles about Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations. In the first article, we have covered that a successful meeting starts with good preparation.In the second article, I wrote about how to conduct and participate in a meeting achieving the desired goal successfully. In this part, I am going to cover […]
Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 2: During the meeting
In the first part of this series titled “Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 1: Before the meeting“, I have covered how to prepare for successful meeting. In this article, I will talk about how to ensure the success of a meeting. The distinction between the meeting organiser and meeting invitee mentioned in […]
Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 1: Before the meeting
A successful meeting starts with good preparation. Preparing (for) the meeting is not only the responsibility of the organiser. Everyone must play their part. Assuming a meeting is needed or unavoidable, a good meeting invitation should contain all the necessary information.Of course the date, time and place (physical or virtual) but also the topic, agenda, […]
Overcoming organisational inertia
The speed and success of any team is determined mainly by the surrounding environment and overall working conditions. Supporting teams in maximising the flow is not easy at all mostly because it requires the full organization to embrace cultural changes.
Changes are Welcome
There are different levels of understanding Agile.The first one is where you care about rules. You take every best practice, guide, book, training suggestion and you make a strict process out of context and without interpreting the reality. That’s not Agile. That’s you using Agile to cover your need of implementing bureaucratic policies.That’s you not willing […]
Protect your work from home space from toxicity
A year ago, many countries took the first measures to tackle the emerging pandemic due to COVID-19. Lockdown, working from home, social distancing…Experts aren’t certain if we’ll be back to normality by 2022 or we will just prolong current habits and lifestyle to establish a new norm. Will companies let employees work from home or from […]