You’re an hour into leading or participating in a team meeting and you think to yourself, “We’re not making ANY progress. What’s our goal?” You’re reluctant to ask the clarifying question of “What does success look like?” but you know there’s got to be a better way. By understanding meeting facilitation as an effective leadership tool, you’ll increase the ability for the team to transparently share ideas, honor people’s time, and enlarge team members by recognizing the value of group involvement and consensus. 

Listen as Risky Business Podcast guest, Diana Gerwitz, Owner and President of Acrux Consulting, highlights how self-awareness, effective communication, and leadership presence in meetings directly impacts the positive output and refinement of new ideas. She discusses the role of a meeting facilitator who quietly observes extroverted versus introverted team members in attendance to unlock the power for all meeting participants to engage in constructive conflict to efficiently problem solve and innovate as a team.


MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Diana Gurwicz
President & Owner of Acrux Consulting

Diana R. Gurwicz is a Certified Master Facilitator, Trainer, and Executive Coach. Over the past 25 years, Diana has helped clients all over the world in varying industries improve their performance, invigorate their organizations, and streamline their processes to not only win, but to change the game in their respective environments.

Diana is the founder and primary facilitator for Acrux Consulting, a business she began to help corporations and individuals benefit from and learn the value of facilitation. In addition to managing her own clients, Diana sits on the board of INIFAC, (the credentialing body for Master Facilitators) and has been partnering with Leadership Strategies, Inc. as a core team member and trainer of facilitation skills since 2009. Diana has credentials in both Change Management and HR Executive Leadership. In her free time, Diana assists local at-risk youth with preparations for college.

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