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

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

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. 

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.

I was talking with a client about "the small stuff" that makes magic happen. Those seemingly inconspicuous rituals, behaviors, and mindsets that, when practiced consistently, drive extraordinary results.

Here are 10 micro-habits I’ve observed in high-performing teams I’ve worked with.

Great brainstorming isn’t magic—it’s well-structured messiness. When you design your session like a sandwich (start with clarity, move into freeform ideation, and close with purposeful evaluation), you give your team the space and structure they need to generate and act on truly original ideas.

Before you send that next meeting invitation, ask yourself these seven crucial questions to determine whether you really need a meeting. And if that answer is “yes,” how to make it a good meeting.

Too often, organizations reach for training when what they really need is alignment and ownership. If your team already knows what great service looks like, repeating the basics won’t move the needle. What they need is a facilitated workshop.

Making your team's contributions visible isn’t just good for them; it reflects positively on you as a leader — highlighting your ability to build, nurture, and lead a high-performing team.

Here’s how to ensure your team's work shines brightly across the organization.