When people feel they’ve reached an impasse, they’re actually poised on the threshold of breakthrough thinking.  Learn to cross that threshold and work toward the outstanding solutions waiting on the other side.

Margaret Anderson
 
A period of confusion and frustration is a natural part of group decision-making….  Struggling to understand a wide range of foreign or opposing ideas… most people don’t have the slightest notion of what’s happening.  Sometimes the mere act of acknowledging the existence of the Groan Zone can be a significant step for a group to take.

Sam Kaner et al,
Facillitator's Guide
to Participatory Decision-Making
Group Decision Making
    Myth – Reality – Success   

Working groups—such as boards, committees, and even entire organizations—often misunderstand the process of reaching sustainable decisions.  With unrealistic expectations, they may agree on a plan that doesn’t work out in practice, or fail to agree at all.  But when group members understand what it really takes to solve tricky problems and win their colleagues’ buy-in, their results are amazing.  This interactive workshop teaches the skills that increase efficiency and effectiveness, while helping teams bond.

Trainees learn:

  • How to move faster by slowing down
  • When not to think out of the box
  • How to think out of the box when you should
  • What seems like agreement, but isn’t
  • Why an apparent impasse is a good development
  • How to deal with “difficult people”
  • How gradient voting increases buy-in

Highlights:

  • Expert demonstrations
  • Group practice exercises
  • Wide variety of real-life success stories
  • Customized exercises and handouts

Recommended for those who have taken Essential Consensus Skills, this course will open your eyes to new possibilities for group performance.
 
         
 
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