Slides from my talk at All About People 2016.
How can you take the energy and feeling of a great collaborative workshop into the rest of your organisation?
9. Typical meeting
Known facts or decisions to be
communicated
Power dynamic of the loudest, or
most senior people in the room
10. Typical meeting
Known facts or decisions to be
communicated
Power dynamic of the loudest, or
most senior people in the room
Passive attendees
11. Typical meeting vs Great workshop
Known facts or decisions to be
communicated
Power dynamic of the loudest, or
most senior people in the room
Passive attendees
Exploring different possibilities and
options
Equal contributions, regardless of
role
Dynamic
13. What should a workshop participant feel ?
Engagement and connection
14. What should a workshop participant feel ?
Engagement and connection
Autonomy
15. What should a workshop participant feel ?
Engagement and connection
Autonomy
Purpose
16. What should a workshop participant feel ?
Engagement and connection
Autonomy
Purpose
Progress
17. What should a workshop participant feel ?
Engagement and connection
Autonomy
Purpose
Progress
Teamwork
18. • 43 CEOs
• 400 employees
“Leaders… are learning to be less the visionary, less
the sage, less the objective-setter, and more the
shaper, the connector, the questioner”.
https://woreport.wolffolins.com/
19. • 238 knowledge workers
• 12000 daily diary entries
“In settings where people
must work together to solve
challenging problems, high
performance has four
dimensions:
creativity, productivity,
commitment, and collegiality”
20. “Ideational Facilitation Leadership”
Abraham Carmeli, Paul Paulus
• 500 organisations
“leadership behaviour that cultivates
openness, exchange of ideas and
effective discussion for creative
thinking”
CEO Ideational Facilitation Leadership and Team Creativity: The Mediating
Role of Knowledge Sharing, 2014
Image: Andres Nietos
Porras on Flickr
28. Level one: Making it collaborative
Note-taking, time-keeping, introducing exercises
29. Level one: Making it collaborative
Note-taking, time-keeping, introducing exercises
Level two: Guiding the content
30. Level one: Making it collaborative
Note-taking, time-keeping, introducing exercises
Level two: Guiding the content
Synthesising, summarising, asking clarifying questions
31. Level one: Making it collaborative
Note-taking, time-keeping, introducing exercises
Level two: Guiding the content
Synthesising, summarising, asking clarifying questions
Level three: People skills
32. Level one: Making it collaborative
Note-taking, time-keeping, introducing exercises
Level two: Guiding the content
Synthesising, summarising, asking clarifying questions
Level three: People skills
Reading the room, empathy, dealing with conflict, active listening