• Creating Sustainable Change

  I mean, not just checking things off a to-do list or focusing on an employee survey score and raising it. This is about really feeling a sense of awe because together you did something different this time. You found the high leverage points to achieve success. You had real conversations with your co-workers that inspired creative thinking. There was no fear of conflict and you eliminated surface talk. It can happen. It does happen. Are you up for it?

Facilitation & Meeting Design

Areas of expertise:

• Multi-day leadership programs
• Off-site retreats
• Large group dialogues and World Cafe Sessions
• Focus groups and employee engagement activities
• Strategic planning and goal setting
• Becoming “unstuck” – identifying the patterns that prohibit us from moving where we need to
• Improving team or group dynamics – increasing effective communication and performance
• Dialogue and difficult conversations

I am absolutely passionate about design.  The success of ANY meeting depends on quality of the design along with the quality of facilitation and conversations.

Meeting Agendas and Meeting Design are two totally different things.  Knowing when you need an agenda vs. a meeting design will have a direct impact on the outcome and effectiveness.  Here are a few key differences:

Whenever you a get more than one person in a room, make sure you KNOW that the time will be well spent, productive and valuable for all.

• Cause for Pause

  What triggers you? What types of things really get to you? Read my new blog on managing and understanding your triggers.

• Check out my latest blog entries

  • What Does Your Organization Smell Like?
  • Understanding & Managing Your Triggers
  • Deep Listening
  • Afraid of Our Own Shadows
  • A Balancing Act for Better Meetings & Conversations

• Here’s a Conversation Starter

  How much of your day, and work day, is filled with joy? What brings you joy?