Whenever I am facilitating a team that is facing a potential decision, I suggest using a process tool called a “Force-Field Analysis.” Here is how it works. 

As a professional meeting facilitator, hybrid business meetings are simply harder to design and coordinate as you need to meet the needs of two audiences and ensure an appropriate level of engagement and collaboration.

So here are my top ten tips to lead and/or facilitate an effective hybrid business meeting.

I'd like to embellish on Matthew Rechs' 11 Promises as a Manager to include 11 Promises as a Team Member.

All teams should agree on how they will manage time during a meeting.  Unless noted otherwise, the leader keeps time and the rest of the team is subject to the skill of the leader to keep the meeting on track between topics and to end the meeting on time.

That is quite the task. The leader is already busy managing the content of the meeting!  Why not ask for a little help from another team member to manage time during a meeting? Here's how to assign the role and what it entails. 

High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold explains the stage of brainstorming when true innovation and creativity take place.

Your team has just brainstormed a creative, long list of ideas, solutions, problems, causes, or other items.  Now what?  Rather than simply roll up the flipcharts, toss them in a corner and forget them, you can take the next step and narrow down the list with these voting variations.

High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold defines what a "team memory" is and why it's so important to record them.

High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares details about the role of the meeting facilitator.

There’s a reason why brainstorming has gotten such a bad reputation – and it all boils down to the fact that most people don’t know how to brainstorm effectively. Here's how to do it. 

Most brainstorming lists end up in a long-forgotten pile — usually because the list was too long or intimidating to deal with.  By organizing your brainstormed ideas, you can quickly sort your long list into a few manageable categories.