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Now displaying: Category: general
Feb 19, 2024

As you conduct your internal review and environmental scan, consider these key business trends that may affect your strategic plan.

Jan 29, 2024

You want to be a valued team player - the MVP of your team? Not just the go-to person for crunch time, but the one who brings out the best in everyone? Well, it's not just about getting your tasks done or being Mr. or Ms. Nice all the time. It's more like being the secret sauce that makes the whole team deliciously successful.

Jan 25, 2024

Some people create New Year's resolutions that rarely stick.  Instead, I create an "annual theme" to rally around.  It's a mantra to use throughout the year to continually test whether I am moving in the right direction.  It's the one thing that is most important to you.  It can be a goal, but I typically find one or two words that encapsulate all areas of your life.

Dec 20, 2023

There are many ways to influence others — and most team members try to convince others of what they want and then sell the benefits.  If this works, great!  If not, you may want to try these techniques to gain influence.

Nov 9, 2023

A client recently asked me, "What do you do when you’re facilitating strategic planning and there are people that aren’t engaged? They don’t believe in the process and think things can just continue the way they’ve been."  

Indeed, facilitating a strategic planning session can be a challenging task, especially when some participants aren't fully engaged and skeptical about the process. However, with a well-thought-out approach, you can overcome this obstacle and ensure that everyone's voices are heard and that the planning session is productive.

Nov 7, 2023

One of my fellow Board members has a wonderful saying that resonates with me and most (if not all!) of my clients:

"No Agenda; No Attenda!"

But what does that really mean?  Does EVERY meeting need to have an agenda?

Oct 18, 2023

If you’re bringing together multinational teams, there are several measures you can take to ensure teamwork as they come to gather.

Oct 17, 2023

High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a guest blog on leaving a lasting leadership legacy of kindness from Michael Kerr.

Sep 27, 2023

What would you do if you knew that communication with your teammates was going to fail?  After all, you inherently know that there will be a communication mishit, but we just don't know when or where it is going to be!  Whether it is during a face-to-face meeting, a virtual meeting, email, text message or shared document, here are some ideas to improve team communication.

To improve team communication as the speaker AND a listener, listen here.

Sep 20, 2023

Volunteer organizations usually have a plethora of boards, committees, task forces, and other types of teams to help achieve the organization’s mission.

Many of these team members are busy professionals, inspired by the organization’s good work.  However, when push comes to shove, higher priorities prevail.

Follow these tips to keep your boards from being “bored.”

Aug 1, 2023

I had an interesting conversation with one of my clients about her people working with teams vs. leading teams.  This might appear to be a subtle nuance at first blush, but let’s dig a little further to discern the difference.

Jul 24, 2023

High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how team leaders can set up their teams for success with "the team launch."

Jul 17, 2023

Team goals provide the team with needed focus and direction.  An all-encompassing vision or simple, well-defined goal statements provide the team with a unified sense of what is important. 

To set clear team goals try these strategies.

Jun 26, 2023

One clue: No agenda, no attenda! Follow these five strategies and you'll see your meetings be much more productive.

Jun 20, 2023

High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares techniques for active listening in order to enhance teamwork.

Jun 1, 2023

The next time you go to your team meeting, take a few moments to observe the team functions and roles.  At any particular moment, someone is leading, taking notes, keeping on track and on time, as well as participating in the meeting.  Watch closely who is performing each function.  

The team leader may be working very hard at all of these functions — not only leading the meeting, but keeping notes on a yellow legal pad, steering the agenda and the timetable, and answering questions without a whole lot of participation.

If that leader is you, well then my friend, you are working too hard!

May 9, 2023

Of all things about strategic planning, it drives me crazy when the plan has a number of strategic objectives. How many are too many?

May 8, 2023

High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares fun and creative tips for how to start a meeting.

Apr 25, 2023

All teams need a team leader to focus their efforts, set guidelines, and deliver results.  How you go about selecting your team leader depends largely on the mission, management, organizational culture, and development of your team.

Apr 20, 2023

When you watch a high-performing team in action, you realize that they have some habits, rituals, and ceremonies that support the team's work.  Here are some examples that I have seen effective teams establish to create a certain purpose and put them in a different mindset.

Mar 27, 2023

Measure your teams effectiveness on an ongoing basis with these metrics. 

Mar 22, 2023

There are myriad formal and informal team assessment tools that you can purchase “off the shelf.”  In the event you decide to use one of these instruments, follow these steps to maximize the experience.

Mar 6, 2023

High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how to avoid tedious Board presentations using a Board presentation packet.

Feb 2, 2023

I often work with clients to facilitate an "after-action review" at the end of a project to discover pitfalls and opportunities for improvement for the next project.  So I was thinking....why not do this with your team at the start of this new year?  Discover key learnings about the year so you can prepare for the year ahead!

Jan 26, 2023

I am often asked to facilitate an after-action review (AAR) upon the completion of a project.  It's a bit more formal than a standard debriefing and allows the participants to truly understand what happened and create some preventive and mitigating strategies for the next project.

AAR typically occurs when the project went south...but can also be applied to glorious projects that we wish we could clone and replicate!

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