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Send us a textWe are all made of stars. The elements of our bodies were first forged in celestial matter across the cosmos billions of years ago. As humans, we tend to think of ourselves as separate from nature, but we are of course, nature itself.So when Life Guide, astrologist and founder of Happiness U, Alice Inoue introduced me to her fascinating psychometric assessment based on the five elements of ancient traditional Chinese medicine - water, wood, fire, earth and metal – I knew this conversation was going to be filled with earthly, enlightening wisdom for both facilitation - and life!Alice teaches us about finding our natural superpowers in the elemental system, how to foster deeper group harmony, and how to see ourselves and others in a new dimension. Intrigued? Tune in to your element – and this week’s episode!Find out about:Alice’s psychometric assessment Master Your SuperpowerThe elemental archetypes, their qualities and challenges, and how each element might interact with anotherHow to use the language of elements in the workplaceWhat we can learn about facilitation from astrology, Feng Shui and traditional Chinese medicine practicesThe importance of getting comfortable with silence and asking the right questionsDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.Links:Watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube.Connect to Alice Inoue:LinkedInWebsiteMaster Your Superpower Assessment Find out more about our Facilitation Academy:Live online courses with podcast guestsSupport the show:Make a one-off donation and contribute to the ongoing costs of running the podcast.Support the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Send us a textEarlier this year, SessionLab published the second edition of their State of Facilitation report, surveying the ever-evolving landscape of our profession. 93 countries, 372 hours spent answering the survey and a generous 975 respondents later, and the NeverDoneBefore community joins together with the SessionLab community to put the 2024 report findings under a facilitation magnifying glass in our very first fishbowl conversation!Together, we dissect three juicy and provocative, yet important questions: Do accreditations, or a lack of, harm or expand our profession? Do facilitators hide behind their tools? And how valuable is community in our world? Episode 262 is a special one, join us!Find out about:Key findings from the State of Facilitation 2024 reportThe presence, weight and validity of accreditations in facilitation - can we learn on the job or do we require a professional certification?The role that tools play when facilitating small vs. large groups and how they can help us to navigate conflictWhether digitally-assisted facilitation is transforming the face of the profession – for the better or worseAn exploration into how facilitators continue to learnDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.Links:Watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube.IAF Accreditation processConnect to:SessionLabState of Facilitation Report 2024Support the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Send us a textFrom her debut in episode 53, to episode 261 many years later, my guest this week Tanja Murphy-Ilibasic makes her return to the podcast this week! Tanja is a corporate coach, facilitator and communications specialist - and a master at manifesting potential.But potential, the capacity for future success, is only possible with the right conditions at play and the energy to propel it forward. We unravel the dynamics of effective facilitation, the necessary conditions and questions we must ask, to design workshops that will outlive the confines of the workshop walls. After all, it is our duty to give the group the wings to make their potential possible – otherwise, we fail not only the group, but our entire profession.Join us for learnings from workshop failures, the art of the gradually-invisible facilitator, the nuances of equal voice, and the importance of withholding our opinion.Find out about:How to find the right approach for the best outcome and collaborationNavigating the client conversations needed for success; from budget availability, to motivations and post-workshop supportWhy you shouldn’t go into a collaboration with assumptions or predefined expectationsHow to physically manoeuvre a space so that the group is given agencyWhy facilitators should rarely disclose their own opinion to avoid being a guiding voice that would anchor the groupHow to acknowledge equal voice in a group, giving recognition to quick and slow thinkersDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.Links:Watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube.Connect to Tanja Murphy-Ilibasic:LinkedInWebsiteSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Join in on a deep dive into the world of invisible facilitation with insights on surrendering control, the power of questions, navigating cultural differences, and the magic of creating trust through ambiguity. Explore the challenges of workshop facilitation, handling diverse perspectives, and unlocking creativity through parallels between magic and facilitation.

Send us a textThis week we take a look through the iridescent, rainbow lens of leadership, with Dr Steve Yacovelli, aka ‘The Gay Leadership Dude™’, to ask the question: what does it mean to be a truly inclusive leader?Well beyond the DEI acronym and its all too often tick-box allyship mentality, we explore the essence of inclusive leadership and what every impactful leader can learn from the six competencies that naturally show up in the LGBTQ+ community: being authentic, leading with courage, having empathy, effective communication, building relationships, and influencing organisational culture.We talk all things pronouns, bringing your full self to work, managing your unconscious bias, and finally, we pull at the seams of diversity, to reveal a single beautiful truth: every single human on this planet is diverse!Find out about:Learnings from Steve’s 25 years in the leadership, development, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting spaceWhat it means to lead with a Pride Leadership mindsetWhy inclusive leadership must go beyond the superficial celebration of the DEI acronym to foster belonging for allThe five dimensions of diversity and what it means for leadershipWhy a feedback-rich culture is critical to creating belonging in the workplaceWhy learning in a group of 3 can have greater success than learning in pairsDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.Links:Watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube.Connect to Steve Yacovelli:LinkedInWebsiteSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Colonel Walt Holmes shares insights on community-based education, gamified approach to change, and leading groups effectively. Learn about fostering teamwork, accountability, and empowerment in military units. Explore the impact of collaborative problem-solving and empowering students through community-based education.

Explore the blurred lines between facilitation and consulting, dive into powerful facilitation techniques and participant reactions, navigate cliches in facilitation, balance trust and manipulation in facilitation, and discuss passion and detachment in facilitation

Amanda Harding, a Curator of Conversation, specializes in crafting spaces for meaningful dialogue around complex issues. She discusses why the right mix of participants is essential for productive discussions, especially when tackling wicked problems. Amanda emphasizes the importance of clear power dynamics and how thoughtful question crafting can lead to impactful conversations. Additionally, she explores the balance between embracing discomfort and achieving alignment with shared ambitions, rather than compromising on ideas.

Send us a textIs there an art to creating human connection? My guest this week Yaniv Rose, would certainly say so. As an Authentic Relator, his craft lies in facilitating deeper, more meaningful connections - transforming the relationship we have with ourselves, and the one we have with others.It’s a tool for life: a grounding practice that asks us to consciously observe, fine-tune, and recalibrate our human interactions by showing up unequivocally as our truest selves. And when we rewire ourselves to honour authenticity? We can seek out new depths of intimacy, and ultimately, we learn how to be more human.Find out about:The five core practices within Authentic RelatingWhy Authentic Relating is a transformational foundation for how you approach connections with yourself and others, and how you can start practising it todayHow to connect participants to an organisation’s core values through roleplayWhy Authentic Relating as a facilitation tool can create a safe space for participants to feel seen and heardWhy workshops can fail if we stay within the realm of safety, and don’t try to make the implicit explicitDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.Links:Watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube.Connect to Yaniv Rose:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Send us a textMaster-manipulator, con-artist… facilitator? When we think of manipulation, facilitation is probably the last thing that springs to mind. We are neutral, we are trusted shepherds, we encourage emergence! So where does the line between manipulation and facilitation start, and where does it end?This week, my brilliant colleagues Thomas Lahnthaler, Cate Czerwinski, Shamir Joseph and Florentine Versteeg sat down with me to examine this ethically grey, but endlessly fascinating area.We explore manipulation in its many, inconspicuous guises: mysterious agendas, influencing the process, the facilitation tools we deploy, practising self-awareness, power dynamics and navigating participant consent.Find out about:Where manipulation and facilitation meet, overlap, and the ethical danger zones to be cautious of when facilitatingWhy manipulation in a facilitation context becomes a causal sequence of: purpose, presence, power, process, participants and play.Why practicing self-awareness and presence is crucial to be able to navigate the needs of the group, the client, and yourselfThe power we possess as facilitators, and why obtaining consent at the beginning of a workshop is crucial to earning trustWhy the predefined roles that participants adopt can stifle the process and prevent new perspectives from being explored.Don’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.Links:Watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube.Connect with the guests:Thomas LahnthalerCate CzerwinskiShamir JosephFlorentine VersteegSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/