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Resolving Destructive Dispute Behaviour

It seems to me that this is a time in history when differences in opinion easily escalate into polarization and from that to destructive behaviour. This is not a new pattern, though it seems to be happening more often and with wider implications: at least it is more visible. Perhaps a story of how behaviour like this was resolved in the past is useful....

Resolving Destructive Dispute Behaviour It seems to me that this is a time in history when differences in opinion easily escalate into polarization and from that to destructive behaviour. This is not a new pattern, though it seems to be …

Listening as a Leadership Skill

A number of current events and posts by colleagues have catalyzed my thinking about leadership. As a facilitator, I have experienced a range of situations with clients where leaders thought that leadership was about presenting their own insights and requiring others to follow them. Telling, Not Listening One was a CEO who brought a whole team together from across the country and then started the meeting by telling them they were all incompetent. ...

Listening as a Leadership Skill A number of current events and posts by colleagues have catalyzed my thinking about leadership. As a facilitator, I have experienced a range of situations with clients where leaders thought that l…

Using the Focused Conversation Method with Dots to Prioritize Consensus Workshop Results

I'm not sure when I discovered this process based on the Focused Conversation Method, but it allows thinking through a number of perspectives on priorities at different levels to discover which item is the biggest priority overall. Instead of just gut level reactions to "What is our biggest priority?" participants have a chance to think through and record different perspectives on priorities, which makes the conversation on priorities as the whole group more accurate....

Using the Focused Conversation Method with Dots to Prioritize Consensus Workshop Results I’m not sure when I discovered this process based on the Focused Conversation Method, but it allows thinking through a number of perspectives on priorities at different levels to discover whi…