

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
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
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.
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
I was speaking to a friend the other day about a facilitative experience they were having with a group of leaders. I can relate
Together we can cultivate the culture that is being called for and that we want – Where resilient collectives are fortified in their shared sense
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
Like so many other women when the #metoo movement emerged in late 2017, I pondered over whether I should share my story publicly. I
On a hot summer day in Brooklyn, I sat around a lunch table with my colleagues talking about Wholeness. In particular, our emotional wholeness
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.
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
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
One morning in 9th grade I showed up to school and none of my five closest girlfriends would speak to me — they wouldn’t
“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
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
Emergence. A word filled with openness, possibilities, and novelty. I often witness it with teams I work with, and it is truly beautiful to
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
“I hate this exercise,” she announced in moment of quiet as the group sat working diligently on their own. “I am sick of
I have been trying to find purpose and meaning in my life for a long time. Looking back, I would say at least since
As a psychologist and political scientist, I always felt drawn to two “acupuncture points”; engaging systemic structures and causes that give rise to deeply
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
“Let’s have a working lunch so we can make sure to get through all the content.” When a client says something like that
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