So much more becomes possible when more people in an organization are capable, competent, and confident in facilitating or making facilitative contributions.
After a long career in higher education, association management, and organizational development consulting, Jeffrey Cufaude has one purpose and passion as he begins his final career chapter: helping people facilitate better.
Questions posed/approximate timestamps:
Intro [00:00]
How has this year impacted you? [04:36]
When we talk about facilitation, what are we talking about? [07:25]
What role does facilitation play when discussions are divisive? [09:07]
Can anyone learn the skills of facilitation? [13:12]
What are some of the significant ways you think you’ve grown as a facilitator over the past ten years? [15:02]
How can you handle a side discussion that is not particularly relevant to what is being discussed at the time, especially if people are emotional about the topic? [19:13]
How do see facilitation playing into what is happening with DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion)? [23:03]
How hard is it as a facilitator to navigate through tough conversations over technology (remote work)? [26:43]
A lot of people seem to be dealing with misinformation about introversion and extroversion and how introverts are managing in our current environment. [30:44]
Tell us about this purposeful shift into Facilitate Better and why you think you need to focus on it right now. [36:00]
Lighting Round: An experience that really shaped who you are as a person or a professional …[40:41]
Lightning Round: Your original career aspiration or job …[42:29]
Lightning Round: What’s your Myers-Briggs? [43:04]
Lightning Round: An example of how luck or timing has helped or hindered you …[43:30]
Lightning Round: A few adjectives that people who know you best might use to describe you …[45:01]
Lightning Round: What is a regular source of inspiration? [47:47]
Lightning Round: What is one book that you would recommend almost everyone read? [49:00]
Tell us more about Facilitate Better and how people can get engaged and work with you. [52:20]
*Read Jeffrey's latest article, "You Don’t Have to Be the Facilitator to Be Facilitative" on AssociationChat.com at https://associationchat.com/2020/11/12/you-dont-have-to-be-the-facilitator-to-be-facilitative/
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