Oct 11, 2019
Overview of Episode #60 ---
- What facilitative leadership is, why it matters had to
TAFA.
- Why encouraging disagreement is good and understanding the
reasons for conflict and strategies for working with each.
- An actionable tip that will help you inspire and lead better
immediately.
- Why being a meeting snob is a good thing – and how to become
one!
- What the formula: ED = RD X CD means and why you want to use
it.
- Learn about the different "people" inside of Michael, his
journey and more…
- Contact Priceless Professional Development: 770-578-6976,
suzie@pricelessprofessional.com or www.pricelessprofessional.com
- To see the show notes and get the transcript for this episode,
go to: www.pricelessprofessional.com/facilitation
Timing on Recording: @ 9:53 ---
Topic 1:Welcome Michael Wilkinson; What is Facilitative
Leadership and Why Does it Matter Today More Than Ever
Before?
- Great leaders recognize their role is to make it easy for their
people to be effective.
- A facilitative leader, they understand the core concept of
addressing the problem.
- A facilitative approach means getting the people who are going
to be impacted by the decision involved in creating the
decision.
- If we get other people involved in decision-making we are going
to have a better decision.
- Even if your input isn't taken, you had a chance to share and
understand why the decisions were made.
- Leaders need to understand that disagreement isn't bad. In
fact, disagreement is good.
Timing on Recording: @ 16:00 ---
Topic 2: Three Reasons People
Disagree.
- Lack of shared information.
- Disagreement about values and experiences.
- Personality, past history or other outside factors.
Timing on Recording: @ 23:09 ---
Topic 3: Eight Core Practices of Facilitative
Leaders.
- Start with the why, engage with the how.
- Understand and empower.
- Communicate in their language, not yours.
- Connect first, correct second.
- Equip for success, monitor for results.
- Engage conflict, encourage disagreement.
- Drive strategic thinking throughout the organization.
- Start, execute and close every meeting masterfully.
Timing on Recording: @ 42:01 ---
Topic 4: Five Cs of Trust: The Trust
Triangle.
- Competence.
- Communication.
- Commitment.
- Care about you.
- Character.
Timing on Recording: @ 46:30 ---
Topic 5: Three Types of Behavior Issues.
- Awareness.
- Skill building.
- Will issue.
Timing on Recording: @ 48:33 ---
Topic 6: How to Start, Execute and Close Every Meeting
Masterfully.
- Who are the participants?
- What process are you going to use?
- What products do you want to come out of the meeting?
- What is the purpose?
Timing on Recording: @ 58:24 ---
Topic 7: Who Has Most Influenced You in Your
Life?
- I dedicated my book to the 14 people who over my lifetime have
most influenced my development as a leader in order of appearance
in my life.
- My Mom.
- Reverend Randy.
- My 9thGrade English Professor who gave me a D.
- Ken Blanchard.
- Ann Herrmann of The Herrmann International.
Timing on Recording: @ 1:02:38 ---
Topic 8: Books or Training Sessions Have Been
Instrumental in Your Development?
- The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni.
- Start With the Why, Simon Sinek’s work.
- Bill Treasurer's work, Right Risk: 10 Powerful Principles
for Taking Giants Leaps with Your Life.
- Growing Pains: Building Sustainably Successful
Organizations by Eric G. Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle.
Timing on Recording: @ 1:05:24 ---
Topic 9: What Are Some of Your Favorite Things That
You Do; Mind, Body, Spirit? To Wake Up Eager?
- The different people inside of me: James, Carl, Michael and
Mikey.
- The big key is to choose who drives the bus.
Timing on Recording: @ 1:15:53 ---
Topic 10: Getting to Know Michael
Wilkinson.
- Where did you grow up?: DC projects.
- How did you get into the facilitation world?: Over a 14 year
career moved from IT to running facilitation sessions.
- What's your favorite guilty pleasure TV show?: Love
Island.
- What advice would you give your 25 year old self?: “Just
believe you can and be fearless and don't be afraid of
mistakes.”
- If you could put a billboard anywhere, what would it be?: So
you'd see people inside of a company working on something, clearly
being productive and laughing and really you see the energy, but
you also see the results coming in this one picture and the words,
“The secrets of facilitation, it works.”
- What would be your one last bit of wisdom or advice that you
would like every listener, leader, person listening to this to
think about and know in regard to taking a facilitation approach?:
Secrets of facilitation, it works.
- Also, ED = RD X CD. An effective decision equals the right
decision times the commitment to the decision.