by SharonSpeaks | Apr 27, 2020 | Leadership
If you created a Strategic Plan a year ago, two years ago, or more, you may be wondering…is that worth looking at right now? During a time when so much is changing so fast and a lot of the things that you had been planning to do are no longer possible, it may feel...
by SharonSpeaks | Feb 13, 2020 | Meeting Facilitation
Many of my clients enter the strategic planning process cautiously, dubiously even; many of them are leaders with decades of experience, which means they have been here before. They have gotten their hopes up, felt the great energy in the room as people shared new...
by SharonSpeaks | Jan 30, 2020 | Meeting Facilitation
Feedback. Does the word send a chill down your spine? In a recent workshop I delivered, a participant shared that “feedback” has gotten such a bad rep that she has changed to using the term “feedforward.” Feedforward reminds her and the person she is talking to...
by SharonSpeaks | May 8, 2019 | Meeting Facilitation
When my client said he wanted to work on the issue of balance in his department, my mind flooded with ideas of how we could have the team experience and explore the topic during the retreat. Literally balancing on stilts. Figuratively balancing conflicting ideas in...