JD Solomon
Helpful Tips When Pulling the Plug on Facilitated Team Efforts
Communicating clearly with the team about why the facilitated effort is ending is essential.
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JD Solomon
Jun 4
Recognizing When Team Efforts Fail (and knowing when it’s time to quit)
When team members do not share information, misunderstand instructions, or fail to give updates on their progress, the team will struggle.
JD Solomon
Apr 9
So, You’ve Been Asked to Lead a Reliability Assessment
Assessing critical infrastructure and facilities is essential for maintaining performance as systems age. Mid-level engineers are...
JD Solomon
Mar 12
Better Facilitation: 5 Pointers That Build Team Dynamics in Your Asset Management Program
Establishing common knowledge is an essential component of effective team dynamics. A knowledge transfer session is a great way to get...
News
Feb 28
Communicating with FINESSE Focusing on Asset Management in Early 2024
Communicating with FINESSE is focusing on asset management in early 2024. This focus includes two articles on how to be successful, two...
JD Solomon
Jan 17
Question Type or Technique? How to Produce Better Collaboration
Powerful questions are at the core of Facilitating with FINESSE. A facilitated session is a structured meeting in which the meeting...
JD Solomon
Jan 9
Our 4 Most Popular Solutions from the Last Four Years
We looked at our top four solutions over the past four years. These are not necessarily the largest assignments or the most complex....
News
Jan 4
Value Added Through Two Years of Articles on Accendo Reliability
JD Solomon crosses the two-year mark as a regular contributor for Accendo Reliability in January. Solomon’s articles are part of a...
JD Solomon
Jan 2
Will Developing Your Strategic Asset Management Plan Fail? Here Are 10 Ways
Strategic Asset Management Plans (SAMPs) often fail in the development phase. In some cases, the plan reaches no meaningful conclusion....
JD Solomon
Dec 26, 2023
The Top 4 Facilitation Articles of 2023
What are our top-ranked facilitation articles? We went heavy on facilitation tips in 2023. Most of our top posts (at least how we measure...
JD Solomon
Dec 1, 2023
13 Timely Insights on Facilitation from 2023
What's hot in our world of facilitation and collaboration in 2023? The insights on our website provide a good snapshot. Read a few of...
News
Nov 17, 2023
Solomon to Share Root Cause Analysis Tips at NC Engineers' December Seminars
Professional Engineers of North Carolina (PENC) will hold its annual professional development seminars from Monday, December 4 to...
JD Solomon
Nov 9, 2023
Improved Collaboration: Some Group Work is Better Suited for Individuals
Not all work is best suited for teams. The next time your group work is failing, forget about developing an intervention. Ask yourself...
News
Oct 5, 2023
Two Powerful Workshops on Technical Communication at SMRP in October
The 31st Annual SMRP Conference joins maintenance, reliability, and physical asset management professionals from around the world on...
J.D. Solomon
Aug 8, 2023
Why Are Most Facilitators White College-Educated Women?
SessionLab recently released the outcome of the first comprehensive survey on the practice of facilitation, the State of Facilitation...
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Jul 29, 2023
SessionLab Releases 2023 Facilitation Survey
The 2023 SessionLab survey on facilitation is based on over 1100 responses from facilitators worldwide. Responses came from 93 countries,...
J.D. Solomon
Jul 18, 2023
Why Do Facilitators Overlook Onboarding and Socializing New Team Members?
People get promoted, change jobs, move, or change teams in other ways. When this happens, new members often join a team, and these...
News
Jul 7, 2023
Improving Soft Skills Propels Your Career
These two books will improve your soft skills and empower your career. "The results of our work often depend on the quality of the...
J.D. Solomon
Jun 19, 2023
Improve Team Dynamics by Modifying This One Simple Technique
Fist to five is a simple and effective technique for improving team dynamics and gauging consensus. In this simple method, participants...
J.D. Solomon
Jun 12, 2023
Five Unique Attributes of the Fresh Book, Facilitating with FINESSE
Facilitating with FINESSE: A Guide to Successful Business Solutions is a practitioner's guide for ten common applications that...
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