We all know in business that decision-making can sometimes be very slow and that sometimes the decisions made don’t make much sense to those who are asked to carry them out. So in order to address this issue we have RapidConsensus™ – an approach that helps people in teams to make good decisions and take [...]
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Illumine posted this on October 13th, 2010
This is filed in: facilitation skills, group working challenges, managing meetings, RapidConsensus™ (Training)
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Just take one minute to think how much of your working week is spent in meetings…
You may even be attending back-to-back or day-long meetings… You might even be instigating them…
Do you always get the results you want?
If you arrange or attend meetings, you’ll want them to be productive, efficient and effective – reaching decisions [...]
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Illumine posted this on October 13th, 2010
This is filed in: facilitation skills, group working challenges, managing meetings, team working
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…if two brains are better than one then the wisdom of many is better still.
It’s easy enough to see where the problems lie. Some managers put too much emphasis on the task and not nearly enough on how something gets delivered. But teams need more guidance than this; indeed without such leadership, team members may [...]
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Illumine posted this on October 13th, 2010
This is filed in: decision making, facilitation skills, group working challenges, managing meetings, reaching concensus
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You’ve just overheard snippets of a conversation in the corridor. Some people are discussing a meeting that’s just finished.
“Time flew”… “I didn’t expect we’d achieve so much”… “that was a fantastic debate”… “amazing that we all managed to agree”… “really energised”… “can’t wait to get on with it”…
You are intrigued. It’s a bit different from [...]
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Illumine posted this on April 14th, 2010
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Collective intelligence has been called the process of enhancing the group IQ and, as such, it is an extremely attractive proposition for managers and leaders. But how do you mine this intelligence? In principle we know that we can achieve more when we work together with others – but in practice how can we make [...]
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Illumine posted this on April 14th, 2010
This is filed in: group working challenges, RapidConsensus™ (Training)
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