“What can we do to change it up in a way that’s productive, energizing, and relevant?” Sometimes efforts to inject new processes or experiences can come off as inauthentic, or contrived. What’s needed is a “do-ing” that can impact the way of being.
Read MoreWhat a year! Despite craziness and constraints we can find the accomplishments, victories, and a place of gratitude to celebrate.
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Read MoreWe have shifted into unknown territory, perhaps desiring for this to end and get back to our usual and reliable lives. But the general case with liminal space and the corresponding transitions is that there is movement to a new order, hopefully a higher order where the transition period helps birth necessary changes in the evolution of consciousness.
Read MoreIn this best/worst of times, many of us feel the call to personal and organizational transformation. For me personally, I get a lot of ideas, support, insights, and development from participating and presenting at conferences with different communities that I am a part of. As an Edgewalker (people who walk between worlds and have the ability to build bridges between different worlds), I’m a part of several diverse groups and communities, and the various frames of reference serve me in self-inquiry and developing my thought and practices on how I serve my clients.
Read MoreWhen doing action or experiential learning with organizational leaders, our approach is to coach them to develop awareness of themselves as leaders, and of the underlying system and assumptions that are operating in their organization.
Read MoreOne key element in engagement is that there are authentic channels for self-expression and a listening and active response to act on new ideas, address concerns and issues, communicate transparently, and partner on actions and solutions. A key energizer in Face The Music’s work is that it provides a forum for expression of themes, issues, ideas, and concerns that are self-selected by the participants.
Read MoreA lot has been written about the pace of change in our culture, society, economy, and business world; and also about the need to adapt from an incidental change-if-we-must mindset to one of continuous change and adaptation. “How do you do that?” One approach, which I will discuss here, is to develop a cultural trait of looking for change opportunities in smaller and smaller increments of time with the context and knowledge of the agreed need for just-in-time adaptation.
Read MoreIn the leadership development training process this means developing skills like using a clear vision that guides judgments and decisions, clear direction and ongoing communication as situations unfold, flexibility in adapting plans, not relying on past solutions to address current situations, and taking the occasional leap of faith.
Read More“The greatest problems that ever faced industry and the nation are ahead of us. There never was a time when leaders in industry were so anxious to discus vital issues, compare experiences, and get light.” -1918
Read MoreThe way the meetings are convened and run eflects how the organization is operating at a given moment in time. Consciously addressing how your team and organizations meetings are conducted can be a strategic leverage point in making operational and cultural improvements.
Read MoreContext is our personal and collective mindset/frame of reference. We all have one. The cool thing is that we can consciously shift our context and define one that works for creating what we want to manifest. We shift our context by changing internal and external conversations.
Read MoreThe term “team building” gets thrown around a lot in organizations, and means a lot of different things to different people. It runs the spectrum from a boss bringing in pizza for her group to a long-term, focused development program that has the intention of developing a high-functioning, high-performance team.
Read MoreTraining on unconscious bias--discussions, brainstorming, experiential pieces that take people out of their usual business environment and their comfort zone to have a new conversation. They want it to look and feel different!
Read MoreFace the Music is launching FTM 3.0 on 2/13/18
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FTM 3.0 is about keeping Face The Music relevant to our client's needs, supporting their business results, and finding innovative ways to engage in creating their future.
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The structure and relationships of the parts determine how the system expresses itself, and sometimes small, leveraged changes can make large impacts on the dynamics and results. Here are a few modalities practitioners experiment with that can support the transformational process.
Read MoreWe create mental models to interpret the data; to give meaning and inform action. Our mental model is a constructed frame of reference into which the information goes and we interpret and assign meaning to what we perceived.
Read MoreThe audience was fervent, clapping with the music, and cheering for the moves. Certainly, there were various levels of dance proficiency displayed, but the energy and fun was in high gear.
Read MoreThe CEO comes on to the stage at the annual meeting and starts in on a cryptic introduction—"Today we have something very special in store for you." He's standing at a mic in front of drums, amplifiers—a whole band setup.
Read MoreLet's say you're head of a division (or section, unit, department, functional area, tribe, clan, regiment, battalion, company, platoon, etc). You're looking for high-functioning alignment—effective, efficient work flow, communications, adaptation, full use of resources.
Read MorePurpose is the big container that can make a difference in everything you do together. Communicate the purpose of the team with your people....
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