Strategic Planning and Management Insights

AUGUST 2, 2019

If you are, there are a lot of reasons why you may need to use a Strategic Planning Facilitator for your next strategy meeting. Are you a VP, CEO, or leader planning a strategy session for your organization?

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MDI Training

JANUARY 10, 2023

Read this article to find out how you can get everyone to listen to you in online meetings and what you need to keep in mind in a hybrid setting. How to maintain attention in online meetings. You know it – sometimes you are leading an online meeting and you get the feeling that the participants do not pay enough attention to you.

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Farland Group

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Organizations hold more than 3 billion meetings each year; with executives locked away in meeting rooms for more than 23 hours a week; and 90% of meeting attendees admit to daydreaming or doing other work during meetings. If you think about the time and money wasted by ineffective meetings… the numbers are jaw dropping.

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CMOE

MAY 8, 2020

This facilitator guide is for training yourself to lead a group through a learning session, even if you’re not an expert on the subject or an experienced teacher. Part 1: What a Facilitator Is. Part 2: Big Ideas of Facilitation. Part 3: Techniques of Facilitation. Part 4: How to Plan to Facilitate.

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Red Star Kim

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

People and Problem-Solving Skills Facilitating, coaching, mentoring and consulting all require great people skills. Counselling, coaching, mentoring, facilitating, training and consulting are at different stages of the helping continuum. Coaches and consultants use facilitation skills. You use facilitation skills when coaching.

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ClearPoint Strategy

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

‘Hey, are you ready for our meeting?’ ’ This is the dreaded question we hear so many times a day, in a work culture filled with meetings. You want your meeting to be the one that people don’t dread. An Introduction To Strategy Review Meetings. Meeting Preparation. The Meeting.

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OnStrategyHQ

MAY 22, 2021

To start with, holding effective meetings is tough. That’s why so many strategic planning meetings are unsuccessful. Since many businesses are planning their strategic planning meetings right now (and if you are not, you should be), here are the eight ways to ruin yours. Holding an annual retreat. Yes, it is.

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Farland Group

JUNE 22, 2022

We too leveraged technology as we quickly pivoted from in-person customer advisory board meetings to virtual sessions here at Farland Group. Use virtual sessions in between those in-person meetings to continue the conversation and foster client relationships. Consider the Benefits of In-person.

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Corporate Visions

JUNE 18, 2020

The post How to Make Virtual Sales Meetings More Engaging and Memorable by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. But how do salespeople feel about virtual sales meetings, versus in-person presentations? And 83 percent admitted to checking their own email (among other things) during other people’s meetings.

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Planview

AUGUST 29, 2023

While many companies hold annual planning meetings to look at the entire year at once, business today moves too fast to be that slow. Watch the on-demand webinar to learn more about the benefits of capacity planning and how the right model helps facilitate a better decision-making process to hire resources or defer/approve projects.

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Account Management Skills

JULY 12, 2021

In this episode, I’m going to share with you three key steps to leading a client meeting. One of the many roles of an account manager is to lead meetings where you may have several clients involved, and also several members of the agency team. And the reason I’m doing this is.

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Aepiphanni

DECEMBER 3, 2020

If you determine an ideal group size, you can start with a larger group presentation, and then break into smaller breakout rooms to facilitate conversation. Providing your team with pre-workshop readings, courses, and surveys gives your team the vocabulary and background information that can help facilitate discussion.

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PandaDoc

MAY 4, 2022

Invoices facilitate making those payments occur. The product offers industry-specific solutions to meet the requirements of every business. The post 13 best invoicing software to facilitate your payment process in 2022 appeared first on Blog. You can join 35,000+ companies by being a trusted partner.

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CM Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Drawing from our experience facilitating productive dialogue in the political sphere, we’ve thought about kicking off our own guide to engaging polarization citizen-to-citizen. The dramatic town hall meetings of early 2017 first caught our attention. Given the recent state of affairs, we couldn’t agree more. Here’s the thing.

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Outbound Engine

MARCH 12, 2019

We have all been either a victim or a perpetrator of meaningless meetings. You’ve likely asked yourself at one time or another if people have any idea of how to run a meeting. What is a meeting? A meeting is defined by Merriam-Webster as coming together for a common purpose. Part II: Running a Meeting.

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Red Star Kim

AUGUST 24, 2023

I facilitate various workshops designed to increase commercial awareness. I invited him once to facilitate a junior professionals’ networking event for an accountancy practice – where he talked about one of his other books “All you need to know about the City” (latest version updated in 2022). For young professionals.

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Envisio

MARCH 27, 2024

These meetings provide a platform for open dialogue and collaboration, ensuring that a diverse range of voices is heard in the visioning process. These meetings provide a platform for open dialogue and collaboration, ensuring that a diverse range of voices is heard in the visioning process.

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Red Star Kim

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I deliver and facilitate strategy workshops and it’s always good to be able to recommend strategy books to delegates. I liked his checklist here – balancing governance with engagement – and recommending the use of external facilitators (I’m available for hire! I like that he extends to strategy execution and implementation.

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Customer Think

DECEMBER 2, 2022

After over a decade of working with Fortune 500 and leading growth companies, we’ve facilitated hundreds of successful customer advisory board (CAB) meetings. On […].

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Red Star Kim

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The colours worn by the facilitator may have an impact In webinars you’ll need more slides as people are wired to pay attention to “change” – use pictures or video rather than text Echoic memories are short – only holding about 3-4 seconds worth of information.

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Corporate Visions

JUNE 18, 2020

The post How to Make Virtual Sales Meetings More Engaging and Memorable by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. But how do salespeople feel about virtual sales meetings, versus in-person presentations? And 83 percent admitted to checking their own email (among other things) during other people’s meetings.

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Corporate Visions

JUNE 18, 2020

The post How to Make Virtual Sales Meetings More Engaging and Memorable by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. But how do salespeople feel about virtual sales meetings, versus in-person presentations? And 83 percent admitted to checking their own email (among other things) during other people’s meetings.

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Showpad

JUNE 14, 2021

Previously, a deal’s loose ends were sorted out during in-person meetings where sales reps could fall back on their techniques and experience. By facilitating non-linear conversations, teams can respond instantly to any issue and drill into exactly what’s relevant to their prospects and customers. The frictionless selling framework.

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AchieveIt

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The value of an unbiased, third-party facilitator A facilitator can serve to ensure all invested parties are prepared before the meeting begins and that, during the meeting, the team stays on track. Without a facilitator, conversations can continue endlessly with no progress being made. Interested in learning more?

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Do you want to increase sales and meet your 2013 goals? Facilitate and Observe the Persona Construction. As a sales operations leader, your role is to facilitate the development of personas. During project meetings focus your thoughts on how to operationalize the personas. Hey, Sales Operations leaders. Follow @The_Meeks.

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Account Management Skills

APRIL 8, 2024

She is a culture strategist, workshop facilitator, coach, trainer, keynote speaker and author of “A Pocket Guide to Effective Workshops” and “Workshop Culture: a guide to building teams that thrive”.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

We created Instant Coffee to help facilitate better idea generation — whether you’re a C-level executive thinking through your company’s next big move, or an individual contributor trying to collaboratively solve a problem with your team. Check out this blog for helpful tips for facilitating a successful Lean Coffee virtually.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 30, 2024

Trendster George Burgess is the founder of Modern Day Talent , a startup that sources and facilitates remote talent in South Africa for European companies. Help meet the needs of remote professionals with co-working spaces, laptop financing, or specialized employee benefits solutions. He says that South African talent: ? Build skills.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 3, 2013

Meet Kathy. Marketing’s Role in the BPM: Facilitate the creation of BPM. Generates meetings with decision makers inside of your target prospects. She’s a Marketing VP at a B2B logistics company. The CEO just introduced her to the new sales leader. The last VP of Sales got canned at the end of Q2. Social Selling Guidance.

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Peter Simoons

OCTOBER 22, 2023

A robust governance system is cultivated with an emphasis on continuity and the facilitation of partnerships. This committee typically meets quarterly, providing direction, making necessary strategic decisions, and monitoring progress. When necessary, alliance managers involve key team players in their regular meetings.

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Flevy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It is a way of thinking that focuses on understanding the needs of users and creating solutions that meet those needs. The goal of design thinking is to create a solution that meets the needs of the user and is feasible and practical. What Is Design Thinking? Design thinking is a human-centered approach to problem-solving.

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Sales Gravy

JULY 14, 2023

They can foster a sense of community and connection, help members overcome challenges, and facilitate significant progress towards their goals. They meet regularly (either in-person or virtually) to discuss their challenges, set goals, brainstorm ideas, and offer each other advice and support.

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Red Star Kim

JULY 17, 2023

Earlier in July I was excited to facilitate a new workshop with MBL on confidence. You can also calm yourself before a meeting – possibly using breathing or meditation exercises. It was really well received by delegates from law and financial services firms well as from legal government departments. Poll results are shown below.

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Sales Management Plus -- SMP

MARCH 5, 2024

Coaching and Collaboration The sheet serves as a powerful coaching tool for branch managers during one-on-one sales meetings with their reps. Collaborate on sales strategies: Facilitate discussions to develop targeted approaches for expanding product reach within specific customer accounts.

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AchieveIt

JANUARY 24, 2024

Feedback and Performance: Ongoing feedback and performance evaluation, facilitated by regular updates, contribute to a responsive and performance-driven environment. Consider starting with a shorter OKR cycle, such as 30 or 45 days, to facilitate learning and expedite the feedback cycle.

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Red Star Kim

OCTOBER 25, 2023

I had the pleasure of meeting Helen Kensett at the recent PM Forum Conference. So the system facilitates fast, regular research amongst your targets, clients and referrers. Another valuable AI-powered tool for the MarTech armoury. So here’s a brief system review: CogniClick for instant, personalised research reports using AI.

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Red Star Kim

MAY 22, 2023

There’s helpful guidance on shaping the space for trust and openness with a list of several things you can do before a meeting. And a suggestion to call a break to disengage for a short while to restore warm feelings in a meeting. Reward: What can we celebrate about the way we handled this meeting?

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