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• Managing conflict: Three key components

  Published on August 17, 2015
  Preserve the relationship, create safety and develop a shared purpose.

• Ombudsman – What is that?

  Published on August 3, 2015
  It is a confidential, informal, independent and neutral resource for employees with a workplace concerns.

• Three simple brainstorming tools

  Published on July 27, 2015
  Divergent thinking is the first step toward developing a plan.

• The mood elevator

  Published on June 25, 2015
  If we are not aware of how moods work, we can get stuck in the basement too often.

• Michigan LCE team members train Missouri Extension staff in facilitative leadership

  Published on June 22, 2015
  North Central Region Center for Rural Development makes program swap possible.

• Liberating Structures Part 4: Tools to empower and engage

  Published on May 26, 2015
  Liberating Structures are engaging tools that are able to empower people in an organization or group. This article will explore solutions and crowd sourcing as structures used for generating ideas.

• Liberating Structures Part 3: Tools to empower and engage

  Published on May 14, 2015
  Liberating Structures are engaging tools that are able to empower an organization or group. This article will explore appreciative interviews and troika consulting as structures used for generating ideas.

• Liberating Structures Part 2: Tools to empower and engage

  Published on April 29, 2015
  Liberating Structures are engaging tools that are able to empower people in an organization or group. Here are two of the 33 tools that can be used to generate ideas.

• Liberating Structures Part 1: Tools to empower and engage

  Published on April 9, 2015
  Working with a group and looking for ways to get feedback and generate ideas? Wanting new and different approaches to facilitating a meeting? Look no farther than to Liberating Structures, a tool that’s engaging and empowering people.

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  Facilitative Leadership September 2015 session now open for registration

  Published on April 2, 2015
  Meetings have you frustrated? Does poor leadership diminish team morale? Facilitative Leadership skills can help move groups to closure.