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Comment on Team development – having real conversations by Guy Farmer

Guy Farmer — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:22:48 +0000

A very interesting question. I’ve found that the more trust we build the more likely people are to actually share on a deeper level. It does require moving past the standard answers to helping people reflect on their own thoughts and behaviors and develop insights on doing things differently. That dynamic is more likely to happen if they have connected with the facilitator and their team mates. You can really tell when a group has crossed that threshold because the room will feel differently and people will talk more from the heart rather than parrot what they think people want to hear.

Comment on Training vs Facilitating by Guy Farmer

Guy Farmer — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:02:27 +0000

Great insights. I’ve found that presentations are about the participants and what they are able to internalize. A facilitator ideally gets out of the way and lets people internalize ideas and find ways to apply them to their lives. It’s even better if participants generate their own ideas and solutions and perhaps think critically along the way. The more any meeting is run by the participants the better.

Comment on Team development – having real conversations by StevenJBarker

StevenJBarker — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:45:09 +0000

There is a real trust barrier that must be broken through here. As you said it takes someone “calling it as it is”, but what is equally as important is the reaction to that honesty. The moments following are the “moments of truth.” How the perceived leaders of the room react, set the tone for the future. Those moments decide wether or not the team continues business as usual or if real change is on it’s way.

Comment on Engagement – not as obvious as you’d think! by Andrew Kerry

Andrew Kerry — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:12:21 +0000

On the engagement debate… It seems that people think engagement is something that is done to people not about doing things with people. My living nightmare are ‘engagement strategies and plans’. Why is it so hard to talk to people but so easy to write worthy documents and make presentations, develop models and all that corporate stuff.