Convinced that participants need to engage in order to learn, a leader is discouraged after the cheerless rollout of her online learning program. She turns to her coach for help facilitating virtual groups.
Tools in this episode:
Tone-setting at the opening:
- Get people engaged by using the chat to think together;
- Get people engaged by thinking about how they will show up (ground rules);
- Ask: “How engaged do you want to be?” Rank 1 – 7 in chat.
(#3 came from Michael Bungay Stanier who wrote The Coaching Habit and hosts the Change Signal podcast. Much gratitude!)
Three facilitation skills:
- Use learning questions;
- Redirect; don’t be the hub;
- Activate your deadpan.
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Tom’s most recent conversation with Dave Stachowiak on Coaching for Leaders explored How to Take Initiative. A lively, thought-provoking episode.
Coaches! Join us at ICF Los Angeles’s Executive Coaching Special Interest Group. Check us out on the ICF-LA website, then come join us!
Categories in the archive to explore for more ideas about deepening relationships:
Episodes with more tools for engagement:
253 - How to Answer Questions Powerfully
34 - Keeping Repeated Material Fresh
143 - Powerful Tools for Team: Plus / Delta
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