Catalyst for Collaboration—Achieving Astonishing Results.
Have you ever had someone keep bringing up the same topic? Like a dog with a bone, he just won’t give up? Worse yet, the topic gains momentum, has been discussed to death, and the group just can’t let it go? Not that I want to mix metaphors, but …
You walk into the room and see a traditional seating set-up for your presentation. Theater-style with two columns of chairs, with a path down the middle. The overhead screen is at the front in the middle of the room. Looks pretty good, right?
While typical for …
You asked for it and now I’d like your help. Based on client feedback, I decided to conduct a quarterly webinar to help you continue to develop your teams. (See what happens when you do a little business planning?) Beware of what you ask for as the 2012 Extraordinary Team Webinar Series is …
My client was complaining about his teammate’s hidden agenda. Curious, I asked him to tell me about it – which he did, and in some detail.
I had to laugh. This isn’t a case of the “hidden agenda.” This agenda was well-known and in the open. …
In his seminal book, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill coined the concept of the mastermind alliance. He believed that a group of like-minded, achievement oriented individuals could dramatically leverage each other’s success. This Mastermind concept has proven itself over time as a valuable resource for people of every …
Regardless of your political sentiments, it’s amazing to watch a HUGE group of people converge on one location and be able to hear one person give a compelling presentation. Occupy Wall Street uses a “boomerang” technique so that the entire group can hear the speaker. It’s really quite simple: …
Excellent Question! You know you need a meeting facilitator when you are pretty nervous about an upcoming meeting. You may or may not know why, but you are probably concerned about a couple of things:
I need to get my team/direct reports on board. They are crucial to our success.
This is …
It’s Thanksgiving day here in Canada and we’re having a turkey feast with our family. The sun is shining through an Indian Summer day and all is right with the world. Doesn’t get much better than this.
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So what is the difference between a group and a team? Aren’t they the same thing? Well, no, they aren’t. A group is a collection of people whereas a team is that same collection of people who are working together on a common goal.
Here’s a common illustration of the difference: A group of people walk …
In a world of emails, voicemails and text messages, when teams meet face-to-face, it has to be more about the collaboration than information sharing. It becomes an “experience” vs. an event. A task. Something checked off on your to-do list.
