If I was to ask how do you keep moving forward? Would you focus on your relationship, your family or on your friends? Do you think of your community, consider your connections, or your work environment?
I asked this question to a group of individuals that did not know one another but were about to embark on a year-long journey together. I asked them to answer the question by creating an entertaining learning experience after giving them a specific topic to base their dialogue on. What occurred to me during the activity was the role I was to play as facilitator. I had to encourage dialogue vs. debate, for the group to use facts vs. opinions and to place less emphasis on dogmatic beliefs vs. trying new ideas.
The dialogue from the group focused participants on exploration, understanding, listening, with a commitment to be open and honest and to have a collaborative attitude. The result was exactly what I had hoped for, four VERY entertaining performances that highlighted the rich arts & culture in our community, the talented people who live here, the entrepreneurial spirit that is alive and well and the hopes that one day Tallahassee might become a Top 10 travel destination.
The question still remained: how could the groups dialogue in the coming months have momentum? The group decided for this to happen they would assign a facilitator for every meeting, end every meeting with a commitment from each person for each decision made and through their experiences based upon their performances they would set group goals to keep them moving forward.
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Emma is a ><(("> Team member at Catch Your Limit, a management firm with offices in Tallahassee, FL and Richmond, VA. To learn more, visit www.catchyourlimit.com.
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