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

QFD for meetings

Meetings are essentially a series of activities put together to achieve a number of objectives. In many cases these are not a simple 1:1 relationship. … Read more

Interviewing Guidelines

Interviews are an extremely useful strategy for effective facilitation. They can help you to better determine the objectives for your meeting, and to to develop … Read more

‘Parking Lot’ Principles

A ‘Parking Lot’ is an extremely useful device for ensuring your meetings keep on track with the full support and attention of the attendees. Essentially, … Read more

The Purpose of Meetings

Can we define one set of purposes for all meetings? Surely there are different types of meetings? We have meetings for planning, for review of … Read more