Facilitator’s Dilemma: Owning our mistakes
Today, I’d like to share some feedback on an interesting dilemma that’s come across my desk. As you read this, see if you can find
February 8, 2023
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The art of the container
Silence. Everyone appears to be staring at me, or the floor. The air feels thick with everything that is not being said, and yet, silence.
January 9, 2023
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Facilitator’s Dilemma: Dealing with an overbearing or demanding individual
Recently we sent out an invitation to you to share a challenging topic or dilemma that you were working with in your facilitation practice. We loved
June 10, 2022
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Feedback: A facilitator’s dilemma
I was speaking to a friend the other day about a facilitative experience they were having with a group of leaders. I can relate
April 6, 2022
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Nurturing Resilient Cultures
Together we can cultivate the culture that is being called for and that we want – Where resilient collectives are fortified in their shared sense
August 30, 2021
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Bias
What is Weaving Alignment?
I’d love to share an experience from a few years ago that illuminates how facilitative leadership was used to weave alignment and transform culture and
July 7, 2021
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availability
The Compassionate Path: A journey towards true co-creation in facilitation
I came to the Next Stage Facilitation program as a yoga teacher and a teacher trainer. As a woman of colour in an industry where
February 17, 2021
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Anxiety
Finding Ground
“Ground is the place to go when overwhelmed with thoughts and fears. It can hold our confusion with unwavering presence. We can source the earth’s
April 9, 2020
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Courage
Freeing up the self to live a more ethically fulfilling life
The Condors “Dead condor chicks have been found with stomachs stuffed with cigarette butts, lighters, and plastic shards. Adult condors forage for bone fragments and
September 18, 2019
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Courage
The solution to your lifeless job? Disarm yourself
For the past few years, when it comes to doing any kind of work with teams and organizations, I’ve been increasingly drawn to the emergent
July 9, 2019
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authentic leadership
Why Knowing that our Evolution is Uneven is a Facilitator’s Strength
Let’s just start where it hurts. My friends and colleagues are worried about the recent push back on cultural progress. So is UN Secretary-General Antonio
May 29, 2019
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Anxiety
Innovation, Freefall and Not-Knowing
“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.” ~Chögyam Trungpa
May 14, 2019
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availability
Self-Hosting: A Conversation
Most of us know how to host others. At gatherings we offer to take coats, pour a drink or two, check in now and then
April 12, 2019
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Collaboration
The Serious Need for Play
I emerged from college with a solid sense of the daunting scale of our world’s environmental challenges. Yet, I was comforted by the array of
March 26, 2019
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Bias
What Self Is the Instrument?
As a young boy growing up in Jamaica, I believed that I was developmentally behind because I was black, Jamaican, and materially disadvantaged. As I
March 8, 2019
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availability
You Can’t Think Your Way Into Reality
Here’s an invitation: Turn on the news for 10 minutes or read the front page of any major newspaper and get really still – relaxing
February 7, 2019
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Courage
Befriending the Raging Toddler Within: Cultivating Emotional Maturity
In my organization, we do feedback a little differently than typical performance reviews. We have what we call GBOP (Get Better on Purpose) sessions with
January 9, 2019
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Cultivating Wildly Peaceful Communities
Like so many other women when the #metoo movement emerged in late 2017, I pondered over whether I should share my story publicly. I
November 9, 2018
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authentic leadership
Intelligent Emotions: How to Be Human at Work
On a hot summer day in Brooklyn, I sat around a lunch table with my colleagues talking about Wholeness. In particular, our emotional wholeness
August 8, 2018
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Conversation
Self-Care for Facilitating Conversations about Racism
I began my self-care coaching business as way to teach others about the self-care habits that sustained me through the toughest moments of my life.
July 13, 2018
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audacity
Feeding the Black Snake of Audacity
I recently had a powerful dream. A bigger-than-life yellow snake was striking at me, baring its ominous teeth, snapping its jaws. Just when I thought
May 10, 2018
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availability
Whole-Self Development: Rethinking Corporate Culture
I was in my mid-twenties when I made the conscious choice to find the answers to some very important questions. An unexpected pregnancy had thrown
April 16, 2018
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authentic leadership
The Truth About Women and Power
One morning in 9th grade I showed up to school and none of my five closest girlfriends would speak to me — they wouldn’t
March 30, 2018
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adaptive leadership
How to Succeed Fully in Failure
“I didn´t like what you did – it felt wrong.” “We are disappointed about the result of the group process – this wasn´t what we
March 20, 2018
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embodiment
Self-Care for Facilitators and Other Visionary Leaders
A few years ago, after working with a business coach, I decided that self-care would be the central focus of my work. I chose a
February 22, 2018
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Emergence
Let Emergence Facilitate You
Emergence. A word filled with openness, possibilities, and novelty. I often witness it with teams I work with, and it is truly beautiful to
November 5, 2017
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Anxiety
Big Fear, Big Opportunity
While I’m not aware of my fears all the time, when facilitating groups, my “big fear” becomes very alive. Will I be able to
October 19, 2017
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Collaboration
Listening beyond the Great Divide
“I hate this exercise,” she announced in moment of quiet as the group sat working diligently on their own. “I am sick of
October 4, 2017
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Courage
Clarifying purpose. Being mindful. Cultivating resilience.
I have been trying to find purpose and meaning in my life for a long time. Looking back, I would say at least since
September 13, 2017
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Complexity
Notes from the Field: Presence as the Ground of True Preparation
As a psychologist and political scientist, I always felt drawn to two “acupuncture points”; engaging systemic structures and causes that give rise to deeply
August 14, 2017
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Anxiety
The Liberating Question We Don’t Ask Ourselves
A few years ago, I was asked to work with the board of a housing co-op who were having issues around workload equity. Resentments
June 14, 2017
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agility
Leveraging Our Past
“Let’s have a working lunch so we can make sure to get through all the content.” When a client says something like that
June 7, 2017
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authentic leadership
Want to Change? Go Further Upstream
Recently I was hired to work with an intact team whose presenting issue was poor communication, with associated breakdowns in collaboration and decision-making. They knew
May 10, 2017
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