Results-focused Project Design and Management » Facilitation http://adbresultsmatter.org Where Training and Moderation Meet Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:39:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 New on Facilitate Proceedings http://adbresultsmatter.org/2009/10/06/new-on-facilitate-proceedings/ http://adbresultsmatter.org/2009/10/06/new-on-facilitate-proceedings/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:22:49 +0000 admin http://adbresultsmatter.org/?p=859 Do you manage global teams that need to bridge not only distance and time zones but cultural backgrounds? Have you heard buzz about the latest Forbes Insight study on the case for in-person business meetings? Do you think it’s feasible to collaborate on the selection of an organization’s next CEO without ever meeting face to [...]]]> facilitation150mainmenuDo you manage global teams that need to bridge not only distance and time zones but cultural backgrounds? Have you heard buzz about the latest Forbes Insight study on the case for in-person business meetings? Do you think it’s feasible to collaborate on the selection of an organization’s next CEO without ever meeting face to face?

Find answers and stimulating commentary on these and other topics in September’s issue of FacilitateProceedings:

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]]> http://adbresultsmatter.org/2009/10/06/new-on-facilitate-proceedings/feed/ 9 Leader-less Orchestration http://adbresultsmatter.org/2009/04/21/leader-less-orchestration/ http://adbresultsmatter.org/2009/04/21/leader-less-orchestration/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:48:17 +0000 admin http://adbresultsmatter.org/rfpdm/?p=243 Management gurus including Peter Drucker used the conductor as a metaphor for managing change and sustained superior performance. Apart from waving their hands in the air, what do conductors really do? Is there a program that will allow our organizational pilots (leaders and project managers of large scale projects) to derive lessons of leadership from [...]]]> businessman-office-planning_u140361931Management gurus including Peter Drucker used the conductor as a metaphor for managing change and sustained superior performance. Apart from waving their hands in the air, what do conductors really do? Is there a program that will allow our organizational pilots (leaders and project managers of large scale projects) to derive lessons of leadership from orchestrating processes?

Look at the process of creating vision. A vision is a response to what the situation is calling for? To a conductor, this means deciding whether to play Vivaldi or Mozart with a given 60 or 120 ensemble orchestra. This is not an easy one. The conductor needs to calculate what the ensemble can do and match that with what would make the audience respond. Ecstatically, if possible! Once done, the conductor should effectively transfer this vision to the ensemble.

A series of rehearsals would allow for an implicit contract between the conductor and the orchestra to evolve. Both discover that when interesting ideas derived via participative dialogues blends with powerful music create an extremely strong emotional learning experience.

This joint experience eventually leads to the element of trust. Conductors also rely on trust. Trust is a vital part of their ability to lead. The musicians trust the conductor to lead them to a successful completion of the piece. Without a leader there is no trust, with no trust performance falters. Trust is transformed into passion as the ownership of the ideas on how to improve performance deepens.

Consider this video as an orchestration case study. This short clip can show us valuable lessons in what to do and what not to do in leading and orchestrating large scale change via effective project management. What can facilitators learn from this case?

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