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7 Helpful Insights on Facilitation from 2024

JD Solomon

Dec 5

7 Helpful Insights on Facilitation from 2024

Effective collaboration requires facilitators to determine which work is best done by teams and which is best done by individuals.

Everyone Has a Strategic Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth

JD Solomon

Oct 7

Everyone Has a Strategic Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth

Strategic plans may be overrated, but strategic planning certainly is not. Neither is overrated when done well.

Question Type or Technique? How to Produce Better Collaboration

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...

Will Developing Your Strategic Asset Management Plan Fail? Here Are 10 Ways

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....

Driving Success: Why Call It Project Development vs Program Development

JD Solomon

Dec 4, 2023

Driving Success: Why Call It Project Development vs Program Development

Projects and programs are often used interchangeably. Yet, they represent distinct entities in the realm of development and management....

13 Timely Insights on Facilitation from 2023

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...

Strategic Plans: Effective Collaboration with External Stakeholders and Staff

JD Solomon

Sep 26, 2023

Strategic Plans: Effective Collaboration with External Stakeholders and Staff

Strategic plans bring challenges for effective collaboration. The single biggest disruptor is participants staking out positions for...

Improve Team Dynamics by Modifying This One Simple Technique

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...

Why an Old School Dashboard is Effective for a Facilitated Strategic Plan

J.D. Solomon

Jan 18, 2023

Why an Old School Dashboard is Effective for a Facilitated Strategic Plan

I was recently wandering around the lobby at Grand Strand Medical Center when I suddenly ran into an oversized bulletin board. I expected...

How to Improve Strategic Plan Facilitation by Reviewing Dashboard Design

J.D. Solomon

Dec 30, 2022

How to Improve Strategic Plan Facilitation by Reviewing Dashboard Design

The Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) business leader was frustrated. Three years ago, the organization moved to a new...

Choosing the Right Performance Indicators for Strategic Plans, Asset Management

J.D. Solomon

Sep 3, 2022

Choosing the Right Performance Indicators for Strategic Plans, Asset Management

The idea of anything worth doing is worth measuring is a persistent one. The persistent problem is that measuring performance becomes...

No Practical Difference Between Strategic Plan and Asset Management Policy

J.D. Solomon

Aug 22, 2022

No Practical Difference Between Strategic Plan and Asset Management Policy

A common question is whether the Board of Directors should approve the Asset Management Policy. The short answer is yes. The longer...

Most Facilitators Miss This, And There Is One In Every Group

J.D. Solomon

Jul 19, 2022

Most Facilitators Miss This, And There Is One In Every Group

Greg Padgett and I were chatting four years ago, just before the start of the Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority annual board...

Fabulous Facilitation: Control the Tempo, Control the Ebb and Flow

J.D. Solomon

Feb 11, 2022

Fabulous Facilitation: Control the Tempo, Control the Ebb and Flow

We had met at the same place, at the same time, and in the same format every month for the past six months. The team still had eight...

Operationalize Risk by Making It More Understandable To Front-Line Staff

J.D. Solomon

Jan 20, 2022

Operationalize Risk by Making It More Understandable To Front-Line Staff

Think about the greatest risk you have encountered in the past five years. Maybe it was related to physical injury or serious sickness....

Fabulous Facilitation: Pre-Session Exchange Is Essential for Meaningful Outcomes

J.D. Solomon

Jan 14, 2022

Fabulous Facilitation: Pre-Session Exchange Is Essential for Meaningful Outcomes

"I really liked the pre-workshop survey," responded an executive team member. "It enabled us to have a fast start and it helped everyone...

J.D. Solomon

Oct 29, 2021

Improving Strategic Plans

Most organizations have weak Strategic Plans. It is easy to lose focus if your Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategic Goals fall into...

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