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A Medical Innovation Factory in the Middle of the Desert

N2Growth Blog

Group facilitation and mindfulness training enabled team members to uncover unconscious biases, hidden baggage, and preconceived notions. The end result was a culture at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi that inspired people to continuously reflect, become more self-aware, confront anxieties, and create a plan to bridge development gaps.

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10 Essential Facilitation Skills for Meeting Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

Here are 10 essential skills required to facilitate a meeting, all of which can be learned and improved with practice: 1. Agenda planning. A collaborative meeting starts with agenda planning. However, ample times needs to be allocated to allow for group involvement.

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Sky Bottle Commander: Team Building Activity

Mike Cardus

Approximately 5 feet away from the boundary create a small square called “square drop” using ropes or masking tape etc… Create a third boundary zone called the “planning zone” , large enough for all the team members to stand in comfortably. Place the ropes and the hooks outside the “planning zone”. In what ways did the team plan?

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Facilitation is Your Work, Use Your Judgment

Mike Cardus

When you are with a group, and the activity is not going according to plan – what you do in that moment is facilitation. When you are in a classroom and the lesson plans are taking on a life of their own and the students are amazing you with their talent – how you facilitate and the decisions you make are work.

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LawNY Team Building & Leadership Program

Mike Cardus

Respect for the experience, diversity and talents of team members and departments Developed an action plan to transfer ideas and skills gained from program into existing Culture. The Steam Boat Landing Resort in Canandaigua NY, hosted our Team Building & Leadership Retreat. Developing Clear & Distinct goals and actions for 2013.

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How to Perform When the Room Doesn't Work

Next Level Blog

You don’t want to be walking in 5 or 10 minutes before you’re scheduled to start speaking and find that nothing you had planned around room setup is going to work. For major presentations, try to get there at least 30 minutes ahead of time so you can see and process what you have to work with.

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Don't Neglect Your Power to Bring People Together

Harvard Business Review

Within a couple of hours, the small groups had identified a number of common barriers to implementation, such as customer acceptance testing, renegotiating with suppliers, recalibrating equipment, and others. And the truth is that many managers are not skilled at group facilitation.