Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tag: Facilitation
The word “Passion” comes from the Latin verb patere, meaning “to suffer”. Hence when you are passionate about something or anything, it drives you in such an intense and compelling way – that you literally suffer when you don’t achieve it, in all its perfection.
This is the second part of my blog on the fascinating book by Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook – Lean In.
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In our corporate life, we always look out for the perfect solutions, perfect answers and perfect situations. However, life is not so perfect and the imperfections of life can be handled only through knowledge and wisdom. Here are a few lessons that I found quite useful and handy from the book Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook.
The energy and enthusiasm of youngsters is infectious – especially in a workshop setting. How does a Facilitator adapt to these attributes of a younger group?
One of the laments we get to hear from leaders and team members alike is about the number of unproductive meetings that they have to suffer through. Some of the concerns we hear include quotes like
My visiting card says that I am a Facilitator.
A fascinating new team activity that we recently rolled out for a customer – was what we call, “The Domino Challenge”. It’s a startlingly simple activity that teaches everyone involved profound lessons.
The below article has also been published by THE REDIFF GET AHEAD on November 22nd, 2012
Just because you are talking does not mean you are communicating.
Think about that sentence for a minute.
It’s perhaps something to do with the way we are taught at our schools. We are taught to read, write, pronounce and spell – but we are never taught how to listen. The unsaid message seems to be – if you make yourself heard, you are communicating! How wrong that can be! Whether it is in close personal relationships, in organizational contexts or in any of our human interactions – the implication of this untaught lesson can be very costly.
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A close friend called me up after reading my post on “The Power of Play”. He had a valid question: “Great article on PLAY” he said. “It does give a different perspective”. “However, what it does not tell me – as a hard nosed corporate executive is – Why does PLAY work ?”
There is a very endearing line from one of my favourite cartoon characters, Charlie Brown. It goes: “Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, ‘Where have I gone wrong?’ Then a voice says to me, ‘This is going to take more than one night.’”
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