Opening Questions

The following helpful article on opening questions was created by J.Elise Keith of Lucid Meetings, who provide software, training and resources for meetings. She writes … Read more

Ownership Culture

Management want it … Management just want it to happen … Management want us to do it – phrases we should never, ever, hear! And yet, … Read more

Co-Active Leadership

I am grateful to Andy Denne of Teaching Team Leadership for the following brief introduction to Co-Active Leadership. As we all learn to operate and … Read more

Learning from Assessment

Two facts about the majority of meetings are: They fall a long way short of being fully effective; and The organiser will be largely oblivious … Read more

Managing Arrival

Arrival is all about getting the right people at the right time with the right attitudes and expectations.The ideal is that people arrive fully prepared … Read more

Committing to Action

The product of an effective meeting leaves the room in the changed attitudes, understanding and intentions of its attendees. And pursuing these intentions serves to … Read more

Engaging Attention

The product of your meeting leaves the (virtual or physical) room in the understanding, attitudes and intentions of its attendees.This means that, for your meeting … Read more

Inspiring Activity

Most meetings consist of listening to presentations and discussions held around a table – which is a process that has remained largely unaltered for at … Read more

Building Alignment

While conflict within a meeting can be creative and productive, it can also be wasteful and damaging.It all depends on what the conflict is about.  … Read more

ConceptBoard Familiarisation

For general guidance on Whiteboards, please see our post: Using Participative Collaboration Techniques in Virtual Whiteboards There are loads of virtual whiteboards out there, all with … Read more

PMI

PMI stands for Plus Minus and Interesting. It is a simple technique proposed by Edward de Bono for quickly exploring a situation or an idea … Read more

Action Planning Sheet

The Action Planning sheet is a tool for thinking through actions in respect of ensuring they will be effectively implemented. It is particularly useful where … Read more

Honeycomb Diagram

The honeycomb diagram is essentially a tree diagram laid out in a more graphically attractive manner. This can be helpful in gaining a better psychological … Read more

Solution Effect Diagram

The Solution Effect Diagram is a very useful variation of the Ishikawa diagram. It is used for exploring the potential implications to an intended change (sometimes … Read more

Meeting Effectiveness Maturity Model

Maturity Models provide a ‘less-prescriptive’ way of engaging individuals and groups in developing practical goals for adopting best practice. They work by means of describing … Read more

Meeting Tool Selection

There is a wide range of meeting tools available, which support the achievement of a host of different purposes within a meeting. So much so, … Read more

Persistent Project Walls

Unlike physical meeting rooms, virtual meeting rooms can be limitless in their dimensions and their allocation. Information can be spread over their virtual walls with … Read more