Have you ever had one of those meetings where everybody seems to be fighting one another? Nobody’s really wanting to do what you ask as the facilitator or the chair person and it’s getting a bit out of your control? When a group of people with diverse perspectives and individual (possibly conflicting) agendas come together…
Facilitation. Is it a dark and mystical art, which only a special few know how to do? How is it that Annie from Accounts makes it look so flipping easy to facilitate a workshop, whereas Peter from Sales has a nightmare every time he stands up in front of the room? We don’t think…
No matter what you’re working on, or which industry you’re in, there’s always a need for new ideas and fresh approaches. Whether you call it innovation, agile working, design thinking or simply problem solving, the teams with the edge are those who can come up with new solutions and make them happen. So how…
How do you make your conference budget go further? The average business event is an expensive exercise in boredom but it doesn’t need to be that way. Read on for 5 ways in which you can make your company’s annual conference budget go further – and make the event better. If you’d like to…
We’ve been talking a lot recently about agility, among ourselves and with our clients. There’s a desire to have people think and act independently rather than waiting for direction and instruction; teams who silo-jump and collaborate freely rather than depending on seniors to open doors and ratify decisions; leaders and managers who engage with their…
The word presentation can strike fear into the bravest among us. It has become received wisdom that giving a presentation can be a career defining (or limiting) opportunity. The weight of expectation is heavy. Managers who are looking to grow their people send them to presentation skills training, where many people have the scariest…