In these two articles on building trust and avoiding cultural pitfalls, KnowledgeWorkx explores how terms like reliability, openness, respect, and honesty — that we normally use to talk about building trust on a team — can mean different things to team members from different cultures….
30 Apr 2019 by KnowledgeWorks
Inevitably, a growing network will realize that accomplishing its objectives requires funds. This article shares lessons we’ve learned helping networks manage these shared funds….
02 Apr 2019 by Dave R. Hackett Source: visionSynergy
This blog post by Phill Butler of visionSynergy discusses the use of listening teams as a network facilitation practice that increases a facilitator’s effectiveness and results in better meeting outcomes…
28 Jan 2019 by Phill Butler Source: visionSynergy
Researchers discovered that an individuals’ own mindsets and habits are a significant contributor to collaboration burnout. Making improvements in these areas helped leaders recapture 18%-24% of their collaborative time….
14 Jan 2019 by Rob Cross, Scott Taylor, and Deb Zehner | Source: HBR
This 60 minute webinar / workshop from HSD Institute discusses the power of questions and curiosity during times of change and uncertainty. In this presentation, Dr Glenda Eoyang shares six questions facilitators can use to help a group navigate and take appropriate action during times of change and uncertainty…
28 Dec 2018 by Dr. Glenda Eoyang Source: HSD Institute
Consent-based decision-making is useful when “a decision needs to be made quickly, a proposal is clearly defined, and the impact is limited and able to be reversed.” This approach to group decision-making can help a group make a decision when there is a range of opinions and complete consensus difficult…
04 Dec 2018 by Daniel Dow, Director, Community Learning
This is a simple but effective group method for quickly identifying the factors that have the most influence or impact on addressing a given challenge. It pushes a group to think harder about what’s really holding back progress…
20 Jun 2018 by Daniel Dow
It is extremely easy for members and leaders of networks and partnership to “recall” the content of a consultation or conference in widely diverging ways. visionSynergy recommends that network and partnership leadership create a Summary Report that can serve as a common data set, or shared referent, for all members. Below is a consultation summary report template that you can use to share key event decisions, details, and information with your members and stakeholders…
15 Jun 2018 by Daniel Dow
