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  Group (Team) Coaching, Development and Facilitation

Group productivity and motivation depend on how members act toward one other. Wilson Strategies can help groups in the following ways:

1. Improve the efficiency of meetings using simple structures for information delivery, listening and discussion.
   
2. Build a group's sense of purpose and individuals' commitment to act on group decisions.
   
3. Put a stop to "looping," as when people keep questioning or ignoring something that was decided already.
   
4. Rein-in meetings that rarely, if ever, achieve their purposes in the allotted time.
   
5. End muddy/fuzzy decision-making or the lack of clear consensus or conclusions at the end of meetings.
   
6. Resuscitate the attitude of a group that is focusing too much on grumbling and gossip.
   
7. Repair or take the force out of personality conflicts.

We offer coaching to groups such as teams,
departments, partnerships and boards.

A coach helps a group come to grips with problems and get excited about its potential. A coach encourages group members to identify choices and make changes for the better. A coach also provides simple, reusable communication and organizing tools that support a group's long-term development.

We offer facilitation for any business or non-profit meeting.

Facilitation can radically improve meetings by providing the right amount of structure. A facilitator supports timeliness, focus on specific topics, buy-in by participants, clear conclusions or decisions, and explicit delegation of responsibility for follow-through. A facilitator can also add a sense of purpose, importance and fairness to a meeting while helping participants stay away from problems that have stymied them in the past.

You can read an article written by Bruce Wilson about meetings and group processes at this external link: Don't Hate Meetings, Make Them More Effective.

For an initial consultation contact us.

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