Five empowering tactics that anyone can use to shift the atmosphere in their organization!
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My upcoming Facilitative Leadership Course is designed to empower emerging leaders with the tools, practices and network they need to thrive in today's dynamic work environment. With only 10 seats available, and 7 already taken, this is a unique chance to embark on a transformative learning experience.
If you know an aspiring leader who is eager to unlock their potential, I encourage you to pass on this invitation. Your referral could be the catalyst for their next level of growth and success.
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Say goodbye to turnover and burnout, and welcome a new era of staff retention and engagement by leveraging the power of Facilitative Leadership.
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Are your team's collective efforts echoing chaos or harmony? Discover the secret behind the world's most successful teams and learn how to align your crew towards greatness. Ready to transform your workplace dynamics? Start the journey here.
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Developing EQ is vital for transforming a group into a cohesive team, as it empowers leaders to comprehend and manage emotions better, leading to stronger relationships, enhanced communication, and improved team performance.
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Because facilitative leaders nurture an environment that encourages open communication, empowerment, and collaboration, conflicts are unavoidable. Effective conflict resolution helps groups address and resolve disputes, thus fostering healthy and constructive dialogues to find mutually beneficial solutions.
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No matter where you are on your leadership journey, or where your organization lives on the autocracy -- holacracy spectrum, there are a few things we can all do do cultivate a culture of collaboration among our teams…
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The delicate balance between consensus and efficiency is essential for effective collaboration and inclusive decision-making. By defining clear expectations, implementing a structured decision-making process, fostering inclusivity, and using more nuanced decision-making processes, facilitative leaders empower their teams to make informed, collaborative, and timely decisions. This balance ultimately enhances team performance, morale, and impact.
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I'm excited to introduce an exclusive cohort-based course on Facilitative Leadership. This course aims to bolster emerging leaders in their quest to deepen and broaden their capacity to effect change in chaotic environments.
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Active listening is a super power, and while I don't think Marvel offers us a cinematic experience to properly honor this super power, it's application is central to supporting your team in overcoming the monumental challenges your teams and organizations are facing down. By taking time to practice this skill, leaders build trust, foster collaboration, and encourage open communication among team members, thus more effectively stewarding their teams to drive real results.
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DE&I are not just outcomes to achieve, but the process to follow for effective collaboration in this hyper connected and chaotic world.
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Let's face it, we can't go back to a time when black swans were rare birds, but we can evolve our leadership models to be more effective, nimble, and distributed in the face of increasing flux. By becoming a facilitative leader, you can help your organization thrive in these dynamic times, while creating a positive and engaging work environment.
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When people's heart rhythms are in sync, it can lead to increased feelings of empathy, compassion, and cooperation. We can use music to sync up our collective heart beats.
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Nasal breathing has many benefits for our overall health and well-being, including improved oxygenation, strengthened immune system, reduced stress, improved sleep, and better performance. Whether we are aspiring athletes, seasoned professionals or stressed out worker-bees, by incorporating nasal breathing into our daily routine (individually or collectively), we can improve our physical and mental health. With increased wellness we become more resilient, alert, insightful, creative and authentic.
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By starting meetings with breathwork, we build rapport, reduce stress and anxiety, improve focus and concentration, and promote a sense of calm.
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Research has shown that heart coherence is associated with a wide range of physical and psychological benefits, such as lower blood pressure, bolstered immune systems, and improved cognitive performance. Additionally, heart coherence has been linked to increased feelings of empathy, compassion, and cooperation, all of which are beneficial in personal and professional settings; with self and with others.
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The future is unclear. The present is challenging. To build whatever comes next after the chaos we’ve endured, we need to not only pursue generative practices, we must engage in regenerative practices. In the year ahead, I will be sharing more on the micro and macro practices that regenerate energy and efforts. I am excited to bring some of these powerful practices into my work, leading and sharing these techniques with my clients.
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We have lift off! Amazon just released the paperback edition of Generating Group Genius: Co-Creating Cultures Of Creativity, Trust & Performance!
Thank you for your support along this journey - your feedback and input has been invaluable. The paperback is available below, and the eBook version should be ready later this week.
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In the following, we explore characteristics that great facilitators embody to support groups collaborative effectively, efficiently and equitably.
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Food from different cultures tastes and looks dramatically different, yet they all tend to incorporate similar elements: fire, salt, fat, and acid. Your group convenings should be the same, using the above ingredients creatively to concoct a rich experience. A meeting in a start-up environment is going to look and feel dramatically different than a meeting of a well established environmental organization. In either case, by incorporating the basic ingredients outlined in this chapter, you can begin to ensure your organizations meeting rituals are creating the conditions by which engagement can flourish and consistent productivity be practiced.
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