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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

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Accountants Content moderators Legal Assistants Proofreaders Entry-level stock traders Transcribers Graphic designers, where creativity isn’t a priority Customer service representatives Soldiers Writers, where quantity is a greater concern than quality I reviewed several of these lists. The nominees varied depending on the publication.

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Facilitation Friday #9: Build Capacity to Accomplish More

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To facilitate this type of after action review , make sure to frame the conversation as one focused on learning from what transpired, not assigning blame for what just occurred. A great resource for this work is Norman Kerth's Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Reviews. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Newer Post.

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Facilitation Friday #1: Anyone Can and Everyone Should

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Too often we think of facilitation as the sole domain of the department head, the board chair, or the consultant leading a planning process. In addition, Ill share and review some of the facilitation resources I find most helpful and some of the lessons learned (the good and the kind of ugly) in my own facilitation work. Dec 2002 (6).

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Facilitation Friday #23: Going in Different Directions

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Restated the purpose and outcome at the onset never hurts: "Lets quickly review why were together today, what we hope to accomplish, and the agenda for doing so.". Youll need to determine if reporting from the small group needs to occur, as well as the process for doing so that elicits the most useful information in the most efficient way.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #21: How to.

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The closing section of a facilitated effort should include a carefully calibrated mix of attention to both the content and process of what just took place. Reviewing decisions made and next steps along with the accountability for action. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3). Jul 2002 (3).

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Facilitation Friday #10: Establish Rules of Engagement

Idea Architects

Shared agreements can be generated in a variety of ways: large group facilitated discussion; small group list generation followed by large group voting; individuals noting ideas that are then clustered into common themes and reviewed by the group. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3).

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Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions

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While the debate rages on about whether or not strategic planning as a process is alive, dead, or on life support (see here , here , and here ), organizations must still craft strategy. People are used to planning processes with a designated end goal in mind: "Were planning for the next three years." Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4).