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Participant engagement is missing in this picture of three students who look bored and distracted.

Tip #874: How to Establish Participant Engagement

It doesn’t matter if you are conducting a meeting or facilitating a workshop that is face to face or virtual. Its success depends upon participant

May 24, 2021

There is open conflict occurring in a business meeting.

Tip #872: Resolving an Open Conflict in Your Meeting

There may be times that an open conflict will occur in a meeting that you are facilitating. There is nothing wrong with conflict in and

May 10, 2021

Tip #822: A Great Action Plan

“Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal.” Cornelius Fichtner In last week’s Tip, I referenced Will Thalheimer’s triggered action planning , in

May 11, 2020

Tip #804: Train Your Trainers!

“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great

January 6, 2020

Tip #773: Set the learner up for success.

“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” Albert Einstein As mentioned in Tip #772, there

May 20, 2019

Tip #757: Conflict as Debate or Debacle

“The key to breakthrough problem solving isn’t getting along well. It’s not getting along-well.” Shane Snow According to Shane Snow in “How to Debate Ideas

January 28, 2019

Tip #756: Eager for Critique

“He has a right to criticize who has a heart to help.” Abraham Lincoln In the past, I have not eagerly awaited critical feedback from

January 21, 2019

Tip #738: Keep It Moving

“A peer learning group is a wonderful testing ground for new behaviors.” Deborah Spring Laurel The public library in Waupaca, Wisconsin is going to have

September 10, 2018

The female business woman has her head in her hands as she has an excel phobia she needs to work through.

Tip #734: How to Avoid Burnout

When I Suffered Burnout There was a time when I suffered from burnout. I worked in a high stress job. There was constant pressure to

August 13, 2018

Tip #722: Overlooking the Obvious

“It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.” Alfred North Whitehead I’ve facilitated train the trainer and presentation skills workshops both nationally and internationally

May 21, 2018

It is possible that this black man holding his head just made a high-stakes mistake.

Tip #706: Why Management Training Fails- And What To Do About It (#2)

“The culture of a workplace- an organization’s values, norms and practices- has a huge impact on our happiness and success.” Adam Grant In last week’s

January 30, 2018

A female very upset with anger who needs to learn how to depersonalize the situation.

Tip #665: Five Steps to Transform Anger

If we lose objectivity due to our anger, we lose control of ourselves and the situation. There are five steps we can take to transform

April 11, 2017

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