I was leading an improvement event with a team of 2nd and 3rd level supervisors, customer representatives, and other experts. As a group, they were making decisions which impacted millions of dollars of assets and expenditures, and dozens of employees.
Yet, in that room, for 5 days, they deferred to my leadership.
- They did what I said
- They answered my questions
- Yet, I was the least vocal in the room
- Yet, I only asked questions, reframed, or summarized
I realized after the fact:
- Even leaders beg to be facilitated
- Facilitators are naturally viewed as leaders
- Facilitation can be extremely simple and easy
What's the point?
💎 If you'll adopt just a couple simple tools and principles, you'll have a skill set even senior leaders respect and are influenced by!
Let's go! 💪