Facilitation Best Practices
In this Blog, Kimberly Douglas provides an employee's perspective of the future of hybrid work, working remotely, and the potential return to full-time office hours. Based on her research from multiple surveys of employees of all ages, genders, races, roles, and industries, Kimberly identifies key topics and provides links to actual surveys for details.
If you thought the hard part was over once you created your strategic plan...think again. As Thomas Edison said: "Vision without execution is hallucination." How do you ensure that everyone is on the same page and pulling in the same direction? Through effective communication planning - that clarifies the Who, How, and When.
Over the past 20+ years of helping organizations successfully navigate change, one of my top lessons learned from (successful or unsuccessful) change initiatives has been the critical importance of effective communications. In this post, I share my top 3 tips for helping leaders in their important role of change champions.
First understand how people prefer to be communicated with using Whole Brain® Thinking...then use the "Optimal Flow" to create a powerful message everyone can hear.
How do you know if your change message is getting through? You can’t see a change of mindset; you can only see changed behavior. Does leadership know what old behaviors they expect their employees to leave behind…and what new behaviors they expect them to adopt?
Kimberly shares her most popular - and helpful - tips, tools and techniques for successful change leadership from her critically-acclaimed book, The Firefly Effect (Wiley).
Does the change model your organization use focus on maximizing buy-in and minimizing resistance? Read on for an overview of the various models out there currently - and how to ensure yours is the best it can be.
For those in the critical position of leading a change initiative, I recommend you consider reading William Bridges' book, Managing Transitions. He makes a compelling case for the "right brain" side of change.
The secret to organizational effectiveness isn't reserved for the lucky few. Your organization can adopt the innovation and change mindsets of the Game Changers to create groundbreaking solutions and realize your full potential.
Your view of change is a matter of perspective - 30,000 feet or on the ground? Your job, as an effective leader and communicator in a time of change, is to make meaning for your employees of all these changes. Read on for insights on how to create an inspiring message that helps your organization make sense of all the changes they see around them.
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Are high potential leaders naturally expected to know how to lead teams? According to HBR's researchers analyzing their High Potential Leadership Program, more than 30% cited leading teams as a core challenge. Kimberly Douglas, CEO of FireFly Facilitation offers her a free e-book to help jump-start leading teams for your leadership program and can guide you through the rough patches to help build team effectiveness and your team into a higher performing one.
Leading teams was the #1 challenge for 30% of the High Potential program attendees, as cited by researchers of Harvard Business School's High Potential Program over 20 years. Kimberly Douglas, CEO of FireFly Facilitation, offers a download to her e-book Roadmap to Building High Performance Teams and guides leaders on missing the road's potholes.
Kimberly Douglas shares her fascinating discussion with the artificial intelligence program Chat GPT on the important topic of team effectiveness. In addition, to Kimberly's question as to what data supports the importance of team effectiveness, the new program shares research that validates the critical necessity of working as a team for business success.
Strategic Planning is a critical part of an organization's success. It results in creating a mission, vision, values, and priorities. Kimberly Douglas, CEO of FireFly Facilitation and expert facilitator in strategic planning, can guide your organization through its strategic review and planning session. In this newsletter, she identifies deliverables and 3 key points that will maximize the ROI of everyone's time. Also in this newsletter is a free download of her Strategic Planning e-book where she recommends 5 key changes every team should make to their next annual strategic planning session.
Now may be the time to look at your organization and decide if old processes, recurring meetings, and projects are spreading your team and resources too thin. Kimberly Douglas and her experience as a master facilitator will bring her expertise to help your organization evaluate and problem-solve to re-energize and re-engage your team.