by SharonSpeaks | Nov 8, 2018 | Leadership, Meeting Facilitation
For two years I have had the honor of designing and facilitating a Leadership Retreat for the Capital Planning and Campus Operations team at Northern Arizona University. This has been a great challenge because the leader of the team, Daniel Okoli, presents me with...
by SharonSpeaks | Sep 28, 2018 | Leadership, Meeting Facilitation
Do you lead staff meetings? Good news! I am offering 5 free webinars to help you plan and lead more productive staff meetings. Hopefully you can join me live for at least one of the webinars. Each webinar will be recorded, so even if you can’t join me live,...
by SharonSpeaks | Sep 18, 2018 | Leadership, Meeting Facilitation
Sharing news is hard. Maybe the news isn’t good. What will your staff think? How will they react? Maybe the news is not bad, it’s just change… but people often freak out when they face change. If you need to share news with your staff, I strongly suggest...
by SharonSpeaks | Sep 10, 2018 | Leadership, Meeting Facilitation
Do you ever get overwhelmed by all the possible directions you could go in with your team? In my last job we faced a crisis. Our program had been funded by one large federal grant, and we had just been informed that we were being cut by 54%. We then learned that the...
by SharonSpeaks | Jun 6, 2017 | Leadership, Meeting Facilitation
“How many of you have vacation days you haven’t used that you are at risk of losing?” – About one third of the room put their hands up. What??? I was dumbfounded when Julie Lancaster asked this question at a training we co-taught for City...
by SharonSpeaks | May 31, 2017 | Leadership, Meeting Facilitation
Our director, Patricia McKee opened her reflection on the dress rehearsal with, “I saw new things on stage tonight, which means you are starting to play. Excellent!” The actors have been rehearsing for seven weeks. Opening night is in three days. The show...