Listening in a team

When I work with teams or boards of trustees, their most notorious problem is pressure. Time pressure, near burn-out, urgency – you name it. Now, dear friends, clever as you are you think: That’s their thinking! Well I agree. But do you really want to start there? Preaching and teaching and confirming what they think anyway – that they’re wrong? I don’t. And I found something that works mysteriously well.

I suggest to them to go through their heavy agendas and pick the one or two items which mean a lot to them and are important to all members of the team or board. And then I encourage them to do one complete table round: Everyone speaks. All others listen. No one is ever interrupted. Afterwards there is a "free floating" discussion.

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