Episode 86: Tune up your workshop with Leanne Hughes
This episode was inspired by the traction I got from a LinkedIn post a few weeks ago, that also got some great response on The Flipchart. The post was about music.
This episode was inspired by the traction I got from a LinkedIn post a few weeks ago, that also got some great response on The Flipchart. The post was about music.
Before I share the essence of the post, I don’t think I need to give an explanation on why music is important. I have certainly delivered workshops where I didn’t have any music on, and when you get people to individually reflect, it is dead silence. You don’t even hear crickets!
I think we all understand how music has an incredible effect on how you feel. Certainly, when I need to change up my state, feel more motivated, or even if I need to calm down or focus, I put on some music. It has such a powerful impact on your mood.
Resources mentioned on this show
Here are a list of great playlists you can use in your next workshop, or to inspire your own playlist.
Maria McDonald's playlist (check out: Facilitation Joy, Facilitation Inspiration and Facilitation Introspection)
Here's my original LinkedIn post about Spotify and workshop playlists
About the host: Leanne Hughes
Leanne Hughes is the host of the First Time Facilitator podcast. She loves to shake up expectations and create unpredictable experiences.
Leanne has facilitated leadership, onboarding and team-building workshops across Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Mongolia and believes in a strengths-centred approach to learning and development. She has over 13 years’ of experience across a range of industries including mining, government and tourism sectors.
In 2018, she was a finalist in the Australian Learning Impact awards for Learning Professional of the Year.
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Episode 85: Managing your company’s best assets: A conversation with my dad, Aneurin Hughes
Today, you will be hearing a conversation I had with my dad, Aneurin Hughes. This isn’t too self-indulgent thing though, we haven’t done this to record family memories, we are keeping this on topic for you!
Today, you will be hearing a conversation I had with my dad, Aneurin Hughes.
This isn’t too self-indulgent thing though, we haven’t done this to record family memories, we are keeping this on topic for you!
Dad is a civil engineer and some of my earliest memories were watching him prepare for conference speeches. He would have his palm cards and weeks prior to giving a big presentation, would walk around the house, practising over and over again. This taught me, at a young age, the importance of preparation.
About today's guest: Aneurin Hughes
Based in Brisbane, Aneurin Hughes has been a highly valued Cardno employee for 20 years, and has almost 40 years’ experience in all aspects of the infrastructure lifecycle gained in the UK, Middle East, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
He was the QLD 2016 Water Professional of the Year and remains one of the most trusted advisors in the Queensland water sector, called upon by his peers in Government, Utilities and other organisations to lend his knowledge and expertise to improving the management of water utilities and assets.
While it can be argued that Aneurin has been fortunate to find a cause in which he believes which aligns with his profession, the truth is that his contribution goes well beyond the 8-5. He starts work each day at 6am and finishes at 6pm if all goes to plan.
The extra hours in the day are spent mentoring up and coming water professionals, responding to the queries of the many contacts he has made in the water sector throughout the years and keeping up with and contributing to the knowledge base of asset management and the water sector.
What you'll learn in this episode:
While I don’t have the same really, really hard work ethic as dad, we do share a few similar traits: You’ll hear he became a civil engineer because it gave him the freedom and flexibility to travel around the world, and that’s what draws me into the world of facilitation too. My parents also inspired and encouraged my love of reading and continuous learning.
We also discuss how he prepares for these presentations and how easy it is to lose track of time when you’re up the front of a room, how he thinks the mundane and failure is important to share at conferences, how people are a companies most important assets (hint: It's PEOPLE!!! which I loved hearing from someone who works in Asset Management) and his tips for getting up and delivering presentations and workshops.
About the host: Leanne Hughes
Leanne Hughes is the host of the First Time Facilitator podcast. She loves to shake up expectations and create unpredictable experiences.
Leanne has facilitated leadership, onboarding and team-building workshops across Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Mongolia and believes in a strengths-centred approach to learning and development. She has over 13 years’ of experience across a range of industries including mining, government and tourism sectors. In 2018, she was a finalist in the Australian Learning Impact awards for Learning Professional of the Year.
Resources mentioned in this show
Connect with Aneurin Hughes on LinkedIn.
Book - Management Development: A guide for the profession by the International Labor Organization
Join my free facilitator community on Facebook called ‘The Flipchart”
Connect with Leanne Hughes on LinkedIn or visit my site at leannehughes.com
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Episode 84: Be where your facilitation feet are with Ingrid Thompson
In this show, we talk about Ingrid’s fascinating career history and what she’s achieved over the years, which is so impressive, she’s a master of the career pivot. We talk about how she was given an opportunity working in training and development - how she cracked it and made it into that team by being given an opportunity.
You’re in for a delightful listen this week as I’m interviewing a superstar facilitator, Ingrid Thompson from healthynumbers.com.au.
Ingrid is an educator, problem solver and the Founder of Healthy Numbers.
Ingrid describes herself as a sponge, particularly a learning sponge. She loves listening and reading and building, and absorbing all the knowledge, so she can share that with you.
In this show, we talk about Ingrid’s fascinating career history and what she’s achieved over the years, which is so impressive, she’s a master of the career pivot. We talk about how she was given an opportunity working in training and development - how she cracked it and made it into that team by being given an opportunity.
Ingrid also shares her #1 advice for facilitation, and she draws parallels between her yoga and pilates background into the way she facilitates. She also shares a couple of fantastic stories of where things went wrong in her workshops, as well as some strategies on how she overcame those - I think it’s nice to hear these type of stories every now and then, to I guess remember that we are in a game which can be full of unpredictability.
Ingrid is extremely enjoyable and easy to listen to, articulate and a wonderful communicator.
I’m grateful, that because of this podcast, we reconnected after a couple years to have this conversation and that we can share all the learnings with all of you.
Resources mentioned in this show
Visit Ingrid's website, Healthy Numbers
Listen to Ingrid's podcast, 'So you want to start a business'
Join my free facilitator community on Facebook called ‘The Flipchart”
Connect with Leanne Hughes on LinkedIn or visit my site at leannehughes.com
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Episode 83: Forced connections using icebreakers with Leanne Hughes
Yes, this episode is all about icebreakers and energisers. I feel like I could create literally dozens of episodes on these two topics. I get so many questions about the perfect icebreaker and I myself, spend a lot of time scouring resources trying to find the perfect activity to complement a topic.
Please don't read the title of this and think I'm telling you to MAKE people meet each other and force their connections using icebreakers!
There's a bit more to it in this minisode.
Yes, this episode is all about icebreakers and energisers. I feel like I could create literally dozens of episodes on these two topics. I get so many questions about the perfect icebreaker and I myself, spend a lot of time scouring resources trying to find the perfect activity to complement a topic.
I’m going to spin this today around today, to chat about relevance.
As you know, I chat to many facilitators. The advice I've been given is that it’s important to do an energiser that relates to the content, that is relevant to the topic. This relates to adult learning theory. Adult learners need to know why they’re doing something and how it relates to the struggles or challenges they face right now, relevancy is key.
I agree. However, and this may be controversial. But I’m of the school of thought that you can really relate any type of icebreaker to the content at hand, particularly if you work in corporate type of training and are covering a suite of soft skills like communication, leadership, team effectiveness, etc.
Listen to the episode to hear how I break my approach down.
About the host: Leanne Hughes
Leanne Hughes is the host of the First Time Facilitator podcast. She loves to shake up expectations and create unpredictable experiences.
Leanne has facilitated leadership, onboarding and team-building workshops across Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Mongolia and believes in a strengths-centred approach to learning and development. She has over 13 years’ of experience across a range of industries including mining, government and tourism sectors.
In 2018, she was a finalist in the Australian Learning Impact awards for Learning Professional of the Year.
Resources mentioned in this show
Join my free facilitator community on Facebook called ‘The Flipchart”
Connect with Leanne Hughes on LinkedIn or visit my site at leannehughes.com
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Episode 82: Facilitating a human connection with Angela Henderson
I always love seeing and going to workshops and conferences where things are a little x-factor, where the organisers have taken the time and energy out to really focus on details. It reminds me of my earlier conversation with Jason Knight on the show a couple months back, where we said, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if workshops were like weddings?’
I always love seeing and going to workshops and conferences where things are a little x-factor, where the organisers have taken the time and energy out to really focus on details. It reminds me of my earlier conversation with Jason Knight on the show a couple months back, where we said, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if workshops were like weddings?’
There’s one person I know that does this. She runs the most amazing workshops, conferences and retreats and takes that time to put the care into these events.
I’m delighted this week to bring my friend and amazing business legend, Angela Henderson from angelahenderson.com.au onto the show.
In this episode, you'll hear Angela share her attention to detail and the extra effort she puts into planning her retreats. She believes it's all about prioritising the little things that make people (your participants) feel special.
About our guest: Angela Henderson
Ange has an incredible energy, get-up and go, no nonsense, get things done type of attitude which is tremendously refreshing. Ange is a women’s business coach, author, entrepreneur, blogger, mental health clinician (15+ years’ experience with a master of social work degree) and most importantly a mother.
Angela loves the colour pink, listening to country music and traveling around the world because she likes to get lost in different cultures and experiences. Oh and she also love eating Nutella straight from the jar or eating anything that is sweet.
Resources mentioned in this show
Join Angela Henderson's Facebook group, The Australian Business Collaborative
Listen to Angela Henderson's podcast, Business and Life Conversations with Angela Henderson
Join the First Time Facilitator facilitator community on Facebook called ‘The Flipchart”
Connect with Leanne Hughes on LinkedIn or visit my site at leannehughes.com
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Episode 81: The one criteria I use to design and deliver workshops with Leanne Hughes
Someone asked me recently, ‘Hey Leanne if there was one word that described your approach and what you find most important in designing and delivering a workshop, what would that word be?
Someone asked me recently, ‘Hey Leanne if there was one word that described your approach and what you find most important in designing and delivering a workshop, what would that word be?
’That word for me is: Contrast.
You can call it other words like variety, or even a phrase like ‘mixing it up’ - it all means the same thing.In this week’s minisode, I share a variety of ways we can incorporate contrast into our workshop design and delivery.
About the host: Leanne Hughes
Leanne Hughes is the host of the First Time Facilitator podcast. She loves to shake up expectations and create unpredictable experiences.
Leanne has facilitated leadership, onboarding and team-building workshops across Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Mongolia and believes in a strengths-centred approach to learning and development. She has over 13 years’ of experience across a range of industries including mining, government and tourism sectors.
In 2018, she was a finalist in the Australian Learning Impact awards for Learning Professional of the Year.
Resources mentioned in this show
Join my free facilitator community on Facebook called ‘The Flipchart”
Connect with Leanne Hughes on LinkedIn or visit my site at leannehughes.com
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Episode 80: The business of facilitation with Sarah McVanel
I thought I’d invite a special guest back. Sarah McVanel featured on Episode 39 of the First Time Facilitator podcast, where we spoke about discovering your facilitator zone of genius.
I thought I’d invite a special guest back. Sarah McVanel featured on Episode 39 of the First Time Facilitator podcast, where we spoke about discovering your facilitator zone of genius.
I got so much value from her about the business side of facilitation, that when I left my corporate job in February it took me about 6 weeks of umming and ahhing before I made the call and got Sarah as my very own business coach.
The reason I’m doing this episode is that I've noticed a few questions in The Flipchart Facebook group about how to build a facilitation business - how to market your business, and build a client pipeline.
As a solopreneur, I have the same questions too - and I’m lucky that I get to walk through them, in detail, with Sarah every fortnight.
So, I thought I’d offer you some insight in what Sarah and I talk about in our coaching calls and hopefully this will help you grow your business (or understand what it takes, if you're thinking about leaving your job!)
About our guest: Sarah McVanel
What you’ll notice from this call is Sarah’s contagious energy and enthusiasm.
Sarah McVanel is a recognition expert, author, an experienced and dynamic speaker and coach. She helps leaders leverage the exponential power of recognition to retain top talent and sustain healthy bottom-lines. She helps organisations by curating healthy workplace cultures through her FROG methodology (Forever Recognize Others’ Greatness), as well as through speaking, training, coaching and mentoring others.
Her philosophy is that once we rediscover that understanding of our own greatness, we can use it to recognize that greatness all around us and improve ourselves, our workplace and the organization’s bottom line.
Sarah also helps intrapreneurs to shake off the golden handcuffs, like she did, and launch successful six to seven figure businesses they love. Check out her most recent book, ‘The Flipside of Failing’ which shines a light on failure and provides readers with analyses and strategies to free themselves from "not good enough."
Resources mentioned on this episode:
Sarah’s website: Greatness Magnified
SendOutCards - a great way to recognise your clients!
Flash briefing (1 minute podcasts) on Podbean: https://greatnessmagnified.podbean.com/ or Amazon Alexa: https://www.amazon.com/Greatness-Biz-with-Sarah-McVanel/dp/B07H3P7NMV
A special gift for First Time Facilitator listeners, you can dive deeper for 15 minutes with me Sarah by clicking this link.
Episode 79: Lessons learnt on the road (and on the tarmac) with Leanne Hughes
I'm fresh back in Australia after delivering an intense week-and-a-bit facilitation gig over in Hong Kong. I had a wonderful time and learnt some lessons on the road, that I'd like to share with you. Why? Prevention is better than cure! This trip had it all: Typhoons, civil unrest and a missing credit card!
I'm fresh back in Australia after delivering an intense week-and-a-bit facilitation gig over in Hong Kong. I had a wonderful time and learnt some lessons on the road, that I'd like to share with you. Why? Prevention is better than cure! This trip had it all: Typhoons, civil unrest and a missing credit card!
Watch out for a future blog post which is a transcript for this episode, where I'll list all the resources mentioned.
About the host: Leanne Hughes
Leanne Hughes is the host of the First Time Facilitator podcast. She loves to shake up expectations and create unpredictable experiences.
Leanne has facilitated leadership, onboarding and team-building workshops across Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Mongolia and believes in a strengths-centred approach to learning and development. She has over 13 years’ of experience across a range of industries including mining, government and tourism sectors.
In 2018, she was a finalist in the Australian Learning Impact awards for Learning Professional of the Year.
Episode 78: Solutions-focused facilitation with Paul Z Jackson and Janine Waldman
Today I’m calling on the northern hemisphere, and the UK in particular and chatting to Janine Waldman and Paul Z Jackson from The Solutions Focus.
Today I’m calling on the northern hemisphere, and the UK in particular and chatting to Janine Waldman and Paul Z Jackson from The Solutions Focus.
These two are master facilitators, you will pick that up in this conversation. You may also pick up in the conversation that I was in awe of them, considering their incredibly vast experience, the clients they’ve worked with, where they’ve travelled and taken their facilitation gear, and how at ease they are with facilitation - it sounds like it comes to them as second nature.
Together, they’re the power-house behind The Solutions Focus, which is a pragmatic and positive methodology to help improve communications for individuals, teams and organisations. The Solutions Focus is used by professional coaches, leaders, managers and consultants worldwide to help lead others to their desired results; or as a way of creating respectful and lasting change.
About our guests: Janine Waldman and Paul Z Jackson
Janine Waldman is a leader in the application of Solutions Focus in the UK and around the world. As an organisational development consultant, coach, facilitator and author with three decades of experience, she designs and leads learning, development and change initiatives that deliver transformative results.
She has held senior HRD positions in UK and New Zealand multinationals, she has a Master’s Degree in Industrial Relations and HR management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She is a frequent contributor to management journals, keynote speaker at international conferences, and guest presents on trending topics at business schools, most recently on Building Resilience at the London Business School.
Janine is co-author of ‘Positively Speaking: The Art of Constructive Conversations with a Solutions Focus’ and ‘The Resilience Pocketbook’.
Paul Z Jackson brings out the best in people as a facilitator, coach, and trainer of trainers and facilitators. He draws on his experiences in journalism, comedy production and the BBC to design and deliver impactful, story-rich events that connect directly to the needs of the participants.
With a Masters of Arts from Oxford University, he is co-author of the ground-breaking book, The Solutions Focus – Making Coaching and Change SIMPLE, He’s also the author of other books including Impro Learning, 58½ Ways To Improvise In Training, The Inspirational Trainer, The Resilience Pocketbook and Easy.
Paul has trained more than 1,000 coaches in the solutions-focused approach and coaches senior executives and police officers.
Learn from Janine Waldman and Paul Z Jackson in Australia (November, 2019)
For the listeners in Australia, Janine and Paul will touring down under later this year and visiting Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane in November this year, so if you love what they do, check out their tour details at solutionsfocuscoaching.live.
Resources mentioned on the show
Episode 77: Flipchart hacks to gain back time with Leanne Hughes
In this solo mini-sode, I share an amazing flipchart hack that will help you feel more present, more focused and less-distracted the morning of a workshop.
In this solo mini-sode, I share an amazing flipchart hack that will help you feel more present, more focused and less-distracted the morning of a workshop.
Resources mentioned in this episode
Episode 76: Cross-border facilitation and leadership with Brett McGuire
I met today’s guest, Brett McGuire on my work travels to Indonesia last year. When I wanted to seek out a person to help me on the workshops I’m facilitating in Hong Kong later this month, I thought Brett would be able to give me some incredible insight, given his cultural and cross-border work with Bisnis Asia.
I met today’s guest, Brett McGuire on my work travels to Indonesia last year. When I wanted to seek out a person to help me on the workshops I’m facilitating in Hong Kong later this month, I thought Brett would be able to give me some incredible insight, given his cultural and cross-border work with Bisnis Asia.
About our guest: Brett McGuire
Brett is a commercial lawyer who has more than a decade’s experience working in Asia. He has worked with both public and private sector organisations, helping them navigate the environment in Asia and guiding them in managing diverse situations.
Through Bisnis Asia, Brett and former foreign correspondent Helen Brown help Australian and Indonesian businesses navigate the ‘culture map’ of doing business cross-border. Through workshops and coaching sessions, their goal is to ensure success by helping you put your best foot forward.
On this episode, Brett and I discuss:
Life as an expatriate in Indonesia
How Brett adapted to working life in Indonesia and his tips for expats moving over to Asia
How to effectively facilitate workshops in Asian contexts
How Bisnis Asia effectively facilitate cross-cultural learnings between locals and expatriates
How his team use case studies to drive cultural awareness conversations
Resources mentioned on the show:
Episode 75: How did we do? Reflections from our #CliftonStrengths presentation with Adam Mustoe
Yes I told you I’d be doing solo minisodes every fortnight, however I wanted to bring this chat to you sooner and while it’s fresh and relevant. This is a reflection conversation I shared with my co-facilitator, following our presentation at the Clifton Strengths conference
Yes I told you I’d be doing solo minisodes every fortnight, however I wanted to bring this chat to you sooner and while it’s fresh and relevant.
This is a reflection conversation I shared with my co-facilitator, following our presentation at the Clifton Strengths conference.
Adam and I met on this podcast and through some cool events, we wound up presenting together at the Gallup Clifton Strengths Summit in Omaha this year.
This is a very different style of show, the first time I’ve recorded a post-workshop or post-presentation reflection and the good news is, Adam and I don’t hold back - we talk through the good, the bad and the ugly.
It was really great reflecting on such a wonderful experience, and I hope you get some value from this one - where it was particularly valuable for me was talking through the feedback we received post-event, and I think the conversation around this, towards the tail end of this recording will resonate with some of you out there.
Episode 74: Pivoting into public speaking with Jenny Blake
I first heard about Jenny Blake in early 2017 when I was waiting for a train to go to my corporate job. She was a guest on Pat Flynn’s Smart Passive Income podcast. I remember it was a dark overcast day, like Lemony Snicket type weather, it was probably raining and I heard Jenny’s voice and message through my podcast app and it was like a ray of sunshine.
I’m back with an interview this week! And it’s an interview with my HERO, Jenny Blake.
I first heard about Jenny Blake in early 2017 when I was waiting for a train to go to my corporate job.
She was a guest on Pat Flynn’s Smart Passive Income podcast. I remember it was a dark overcast day, like Lemony Snicket type weather, it was probably raining and I heard Jenny’s voice and message through my podcast app and it was like a ray of sunshine.
She spoke about career pivots, and how when you get dissatisfied in a job, it’s because you’re successful, you’ve overgrown the role - not because there’s something wrong with you. I bought her book, Pivot, straight away and devoured it 2-3 times - in her book she outlines practical ways you can navigate her quesiton of ‘whats next?’
Since then I’ve devoured all of her Pivot podcasts and courses, I signed up to her private Facebook group, Momentum to access all of her online courses and she has been a MASSIVE source of inspiration for me the last couple of years - I love the way she operates, and she’s also the most generous, kindest, person I know.
And what’s cool is that I can say know now as I got to hang out with her on my recent trip to NYC! We hung out with her momentum community on this awesome rooftop bar overlooking the Empire State Building, and then she invited me over to her amaaazing apartment for lunch on Sunday.
About today's guest: Jenny Blake
Jenny is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people move beyond burnout to build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, which won an award for Axiom Best Business Book in the careers category.
After two years at a technology start-up followed by five years at Google in Training and Career Development, Jenny moved to New York City in 2011 where she has been running her own consulting business in the years since. Jenny combines her love of technology with her superpower of simplifying complexity to help clients pivot their career or business. Her motto: if change is the only constant, let's get better at it.
Dogs, dancing, gadgets, writing, traveling, and long meals with friends all make her pretty happy too.
On the conversation today we explore:
Some interesting advice she was given when she was getting nerves before stepping up to deliver presentations;
Why she believes product training is a good entry point into facilitation
Jenny shares a quote that helped her fight the nerves when she was on stage in front of thousands of people
How being an author brings about ‘serendipity popcorn’ in terms of the variety and timing of speaking engagements
How she engages with global audiences over webinars
And of course, we couldn’t leave the conversation without Jenny sharing her famous Pivot framework
Let us know your thoughts on the conversation with Jenny Blake!
Connect with Leanne Hughes on LinkedIn and send me a message about this episode
Resources mentioned in this episode
Join the Momentum Community - sign up for the waiting list:Design your ideal heart-based business among a community of smart, generous, creative side-hustlers and solopreneurs. We're all about radical transparency, delightful specificity, and finding greater fun, freedom, and flow in life and work.
Episode 73: How to start a workshop when you're waiting for people to show up with Leanne Hughes
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.
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.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
DICE up your workshop! Want x-factor ideas for your upcoming workshop, presentation, business case pitch, conference, seminar or meeting? I'm offering 5 listeners a chance to hop on a free 30 minute Zoom call with me, where I'll help you brainstorm some cool ideas to incorporate. This is available between 4-17 July 2019 for the first 5 people. Click this link to book in with Leanne
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.
Join 'The Flipchart' a free community on Facebook where we share facilitation tools, tips and resources!
Connect with Leanne Hughes on LinkedIn
Episode 72: Off Script but Still On Track with Dr Rebecca Sutherns
I love the opportunity to reach out to amazing facilitators all around the world and ask them how they do it, and today I’m so excited to share my chat with Dr Rebecca Sutherns from rebeccasutherns.com.
I love the opportunity to reach out to amazing facilitators all around the world and ask them how they do it, and today I’m so excited to share my chat with Dr Rebecca Sutherns from rebeccasutherns.com.
If you’re a senior leader looking to make wiser decisions faster…
If you’re a facilitator looking to up your game…
You’re in the right place by listening in today!
Rebecca has been running her own show for 23 years and her superpower is making the complex, simple - which is such a bonus for you because she really breaks down her advice and offers excellent examples, which you’ll hear through the conversation.
Rebecca is a world class facilitator who has served as a trusted advisor to hundreds of mission-driven organizations in Canada and internationally for more than 20 years. She brings her intellect, enthusiasm and varied experience in strategy development and collaborative leadership to her speaking, writing and mentoring. She is a skilled communicator, with a particular gift for helping leaders make wiser decisions faster.
She provides planning and governance support to CEOs and Boards of Directors; strategic analysis to social and health policy makers; multi-stakeholder consultation processes to governments; training in various collaborative skills to teams, and strategic coaching to leaders.
She’s also written a book called Nimble: Off Script but Still On Track – a coaching guide for responsive facilitation which we discuss in this episode.
I hope you enjoy this one! Let me know your key takeaways by sending through a message on LinkedIn, or a DM on Instagram @leannehughes.
Remember, if you’d like to stay in touch with the show when the conversation is over, join our free community on Facebook called ‘The Flipchart’.
Resources mentioned on the show