One in two meetings ends without a clear decision. Yours can do better.
Lead a reflection-and-decision meeting through 4 key steps: Catharsis, Brainstorming, Exploration, and Decision-making. A participative meeting that drives change.
20 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
You will walk away with
- the 4 steps: catharsis, brainstorming, exploration, decision
- catharsis, to free up expression before you start thinking
- participative decision-making practices from Google, Semco, and Patagonia
Target audience
Managers or project leads who run meetings.
Learning objectives
- Promote participative decision-making, following the lead of organizations that excel at it
- Facilitate a reflection-and-decision meeting
- Start with Catharsis to encourage and free up expression.
- Run a Brainstorming session to gather ideas on the question at hand.
Module outline
- Storytelling“Participative Decision-Making at Semco”2'16An example of a company that transformed its culture through employee autonomy
- Articles
- Model companies
- A summary sheet of the 4 steps with a detailed diagram
- A character tree illustrating the roles
- Expert video“The Reflection-and-Decision Meeting”8'26The 4 key steps: catharsis, brainstorming, exploration, and decision
- AnchoringA quiz and True/False questions to dig deeper and lock in what you've learned
- Memo cardA downloadable coaching memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
- BonusA selection of videos to go further (TED, YouTube)
