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LawNY Team Building & Leadership Program

Mike Cardus

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. The Steam Boat Landing Resort in Canandaigua NY, hosted our Team Building & Leadership Retreat. All rights reserved.

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From "Knowing" to "Doing" - The Problem with Leadership Training

Building Personal Strength

I once had the pleasure of training all the executives and middle managers of a city government in the basic skills of leadership. I worked hard to design a course that would introduce the basics and give them lots of practice. A two-week course isn't enough to change that. They loved the program. I should have known better.

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Facilitation is Your Work, Use Your Judgment

Mike Cardus

In the context of a ropes course program you can see how facilitation being “work” can be identified and defined in at least three different ways. Your effort …today I worked really hard facilitating that group 2. 2007) Tips & tools: The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation. Jaques 1998).

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How to Perform When the Room Doesn't Work

Next Level Blog

Negotiate and Move If You Can:   Back in the days when I did a lot of group facilitation, we had a joke that the first thing you learn as a facilitator is how to move furniture. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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Don't Neglect Your Power to Bring People Together

Harvard Business Review

Working together, the group then developed a work plan for addressing these problems, eventually leading to a substantial reduction in material costs. The question raised by this case of course is why our manager didn''t start by convening all of the interested stakeholders in the first place.

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How to Manage a Narcissist

Harvard Business Review

George, a senior executive of a large internet provider, was a participant in one of my leadership development programs. Although a very talented individual, he was seen as a nuisance within the group. From my experience running leadership workshops, I have learned some techniques that offer promising results.