Extraordinary Team Tips

Facilitating Strategic Planning: 7 Things Most Leaders Get Wrong

Strategic planning facilitation is one of the most high-stakes activities any leader will take on. Get it right, and you'll rally your team around a clear, inspiring direction. Get it wrong, and you'll end up with a glossy binder of plans that collect dust while the organization drifts (I call that "credenzaware!"). Here are seven of the most common mistakes and how to avoid them.

Why Offsite Meetings Fail and How to Make Yours Work

High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares why offsite meetings fail and how to improve them with strategic meeting facilitation.

3 Ways to Prioritize Strategic Initiatives

High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how to prioritize strategic initiatives AND create an interrelationship digraph.

How AI is Transforming Meetings & How to Capture Its Potential

With all of the invisible help joining our meetings, are meetings becoming more effective?  Or less human?  Here's how I see AI transforming meetings and a quick tip to explore it's potential with your team. 

Meeting Makeover: Turn a Monday Moan Fest Into a Power Session

With a few intentional shifts, a ho-hum meeting can become a high-impact ritual your team actually looks forward to. Here's a "before and after" look at one team's transformation from dreaded meeting to dynamic power session.