Episode 73: How to start a workshop when you're waiting for people to show up with Leanne Hughes
I don’t think I’m the only facilitator who has ever had this problem.
You want to start your meeting or workshop but there are a few people who are late.
What do you do, do you start the meeting, or do you delay?
Early on in my career, lacking experience and confidence I said ‘we’d wait’. As I got a bit older I learnt that you can set a culture through everyday behaviours. By saying we’d wait for the stragglers, I was signalling that it was okay to rock up late to one of my meetings.
In this episode, I share some strategies you can use to start meetings or workshops on time, but not leave people out, or have to repeat yourself, while you do it.
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In this episode, I share something called 'The Ragged Start' that I learnt at a workshop facilitated by Cathryn Lloyd and Andrew Rixon in Brisbane. They are bringing this workshop back to Brisbane on 27 July. You can find out more and book tickets here.
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