Effective Recording: Minutes Are Not Minute
How perfect is your memory? When you leave a group meeting, do you walk away…
Michael Wilkinson
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Group Warm-Ups: Ways to Avoid the Demoralizing Silence
In a meeting or facilitated session, it is typical for participants to be initially reserved…
Leadership Skills
The 7 Principles of Masterful Planning
The Drivers Model is Leadership Strategies' methodology for strategic planning and the ultimate tool for…
Business Planning
Why is a checkpoint necessary?
Ever feel a meeting start to drift? Not sure if your participants retained what was…
Leadership Skills
4 key strategy questions the Drivers Model answers
The Drivers Model is the tool I have been using for over two decades to…
Business Planning
“Let’s set some ground rules.”
"Let's set some ground rules." How often have you heard this at the start of…
Leadership Skills
There’s a difference: mission v. vision
Two critical components of the Drivers Model are the mission and the vision. When it…
Business Planning
Why are we doing this?
My loyal blog readers have read my post on the 5 Ps of Preparation -…
Leadership Skills
Don’t know where to start?
If you don't know where to begin in a meeting, let this secret be your…
Leadership Skills
The Secret to Preparing for Virtual Meetings
In today ’s business world many meetings take place virtually using a variety of media,…
Leadership Skills
Crossing the River: A Beloved Team-Building Activity
Crossing the River: My Favorite Team-Building Activity Every trainer and facilitator has his/her favorite team-building…
Leadership Skills
Engagement Strategies: Rotating Flipchart Review
Facilitators often use breakout groups to increase involvement and get more done in a short…
Leadership Skills
The 5 P’s of Preparation
Good Tuesday afternoon to you! It’s been awhile since I’ve had the pleasure of writing…
Leadership Skills
The Secret of the Starting Question
The Secret of the Starting Question The ability of the group to respond to a…
Leadership Skills
Anatomy of the Drivers Model
The table below summarizes the definition of each component of the Drivers Model. Vision A…
Business Planning
7 Essential Tasks for a Strategic Planning Facilitator
As the strategy leader, you have seven activities to which I recommend you pay close…