Coaching Tips
Don’t Lead The Witness
When coaching someone for a presentation, the key is to be super curious without an agenda. You don’t want to plant feelings or thoughts in ...
Parking Lot Tips
Adding “One Word Reflection” to the Parking Lot
A good practice is to have everyone start their monthly reflection by sharing one word that they would use to summarize the past 30 days. ...
Coaching Tips
Moving From Outer to Inner
A great coaching session for a presentation is about getting the person to move from talking about the outer situation of the facts to the ...
Parking Lot Tips
What’s a Parking Lot?
A Parking Lot is a spreadsheet that tracks various topics for each person that might make for a good presentation later. There are typically three ...
Monthly Reflection Tips
Monthly Reflection Preparation
Every month, each member of the Forum gets an opportunity to share their reflection on what happened with them over the past 30 days. Each ...
Forum Overview
Between Meeting Communication
The in-person (or virtual video) Forum meetings are powerful, however considering they only happen once a month for a few hours, it’s not enough. Every ...
Forum Overview
JRR Tolkien’s Forum
Did you know that JRR Tolkien was part of a Forum called TCBS (Tea Club, Barrovian Society) They founded it in 1911 while in grammar ...
Goal Setting Tips
Yearly/Quarterly Goals Planning Worksheet
This is the perfect time of year to do some goals planning with your Forum/Mastermind for the year. Ideally, your group already did their “Wheel ...
Activities
Facilitating a blind window activity for YOP
This activity uncovers four areas: 1) What do I think is true about me that others also think is true about me? 2) What do ...
Moderator/Facilitation Tips
Grab The Void
In normal Forum flow, after someone finishes talking, there is usually a small gap of silence, which I’m calling The Void. Us humans don’t like ...