Dysfunctional Senior Management Team I have been asked to facilitate one (possibly two) 3-hour sessions during a two day management retreat (one 3 hour session...
Tony Osime
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May 1, 2007 10:48 am
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Dear friends, Does anyone have a team-building mildly physical activity that they would recommend for part of a one-day staff retreat? We will be in a decent...
Sibyl Frei
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May 1, 2007 2:13 pm
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Turkey. I got a call from a colleague who is working on some possible community based strategic planning in the country and is wanting to include some...
James Wiegel
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May 1, 2007 2:16 pm
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It might be an idea for them to focus on their common purpose as a team. Why are they together? What are they trying to achieve as a group? If they can ...
Wayne Nelson
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May 1, 2007 2:37 pm
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James There is a contact there : Arcan Guner - arcan.guner@... We (Gary Austin and I) enjoyed delivering some training to his people out there...
Gary Purser
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May 1, 2007 3:10 pm
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Sorry, I have been delayed in following up on the "Collaboration Checklist." The "Collaboration Checklist" I circulated generated a lot of useful feedback. My...
Sandy Schuman
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May 1, 2007 3:17 pm
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We are 974 subscribers in (at least) 34 countries. Last month we received 95 posts from 53 contributors, about 3 posts per day. Thanks to our sponsors: ...
Sandy Schuman
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May 1, 2007 3:45 pm
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I omitted the following in my recent "welcome" message: IAF-Benelux Jun 25 Harderberge, The Netherlands (Partly in English) Subscription options:...
Sandy Schuman
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May 1, 2007 6:01 pm
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Tony- First I rarely repsond to any of these because my facilitation practice is in a Mental Health milieu ans so I dont often feel like I have much to offer...
John Flammang
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May 1, 2007 7:38 pm
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Excellent reply John - Tony, I was just about to write a very similar response. I would like to add just a small additional thought that it might be good to...
Jennifer La Trobe
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May 1, 2007 8:06 pm
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Tony - In addition to these excellent points from John and Jennifer, I wonder how the supervisor of the senior management team (the CEO?) has contributed to ...
Sharon Epstein
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May 1, 2007 9:08 pm
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Laurie and Eric, I have had no pushback with regard to bringing the AOB forward. Your "burning issues" brought forward or "elephants" are likely to have a ...
John Powderly
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May 1, 2007 9:29 pm
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Hi Laurie, for sure quite challenging project you have!! Without knowing details, it seems like the top guy wants to use facililtation as the alternative (and...
Alejandro Gonzalez
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May 1, 2007 11:28 pm
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Hi My first posting question in this forum :-) I've been working with a large organisation (law enforcement) to develop a cohort of internal facilitators to...
Rhonda Tranks
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May 2, 2007 2:47 am
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Rhonda, Tyra Hilliard wrote a very good article on communities of practice in Journal of Convention & Event Tourism Vol. 8 No.1 2006 and I am sure she will be...
Elling Hamso
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May 2, 2007 8:49 am
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Rhonda Yes I did exactly that with a Police Service in the UK - as part of the major change process we established a Community of Facilitators across the ...
Gary Purser
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May 2, 2007 9:12 am
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Thanks Gary Looks like this was a very similar process to what we have implemented with our client here. Much of what you suggested is already in place: the ...
Rhonda Tranks
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May 2, 2007 9:46 am
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Rhonda asks, ... "Here's the thing about communities of practice: if you establish them, they're not communities of practice." - Chris Turner, _All Hat: No...
Ned Ruete
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May 2, 2007 9:55 am
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Rhonda I know of two communities of Facilitators. This one and the Agile Software guys. Communities are really about individual trusted relationships between ...
Chris Matts
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May 2, 2007 10:34 am
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Rhonda In addition to the good suggestions already made, the Anecdote boys have some useful tips and traps about communities of practice - the link is...
Viv McWaters
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May 2, 2007 12:29 pm
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In a message dated 5/1/2007 9:15:17 PM Central Daylight Time, Rhonda.Tranks@... writes: I've been working with a large organisation (law...
Kate Watland
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May 2, 2007 1:03 pm
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Hi James, we collaborate with Dr. Gulsun Zeytinoglu in Istanbul, PhD, CPCC, PCC, a facilitator and coach, who we think is just amazing. You can contact her at...
Max Schupbach
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May 2, 2007 5:13 pm
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Laurie: From my experience in leading and participating in JAD sessions, meeting preparation is the most predictive for success not only for the project but...
Anne Carroll
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May 2, 2007 8:30 pm
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Kathy, There are at least a couple of Facilitators from Kenya listed in the International Association of Facilitator's membership directory (www.iaf- world.org...
Cameron Fraser
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May 2, 2007 8:33 pm
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Rhonda, I think you are in for a treat. Some of the very best facilitators I have worked with have been current or ex-police officers. I have been involved in...
Cameron Fraser
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May 2, 2007 8:49 pm
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All, I am interested in articles/papers that compare different business models. What reference/resource do you recommend? Thank you. Mari Pearman ...
Mari Pearman
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May 3, 2007 5:37 am
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I work as a consultant measuring ROI for meetings and events. I am looking for education reseach papers on learning and retention from different styles of...
Elling Hamso
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May 4, 2007 6:20 am
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Dear Elling, ... The shortest summary i know are the learning heads: http://www.zhaba.cz/index.php?id=97 Greetings, jan haverkamp ... ZHABA facilitators...
Jan Haverkamp
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May 4, 2007 8:45 am
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Elling asks about ... Sorry Elling, no. However, I suspect attention to learning transfer may be at least as important as learning style. See Holton, Elwood...
Bob Dick
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May 4, 2007 10:10 am
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Best site I know on the web is Don Clark's excellent Big Dog. http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/learning/learning.html ... -- Regards Chris Matts Subscription...