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10 Essential Facilitation Skills for Meeting Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

Active listening. However, a meeting leader needs to learn how to harness the power of conflict in a positive way. A meeting leader needs to be able to read the group’s tone and body language in order to assess their level of engagement, candor, and commitment. Asking questions. Great questions stimulate great discussion.

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Integrative Listening – Is Anyone Truly Listening Anymore?

Strategy Driven

Employees leave positions where they feel they are not being heard or understood either by leaders or colleagues. Managers who model these skills and provide a trusting environment, position their teams and organizations for greater success and growth. When people stop talking in the workplace, morale drops followed by productivity.