Marsha Acker

How to Read the Room and
Change the Outcome
MARCH 1, 2023
TRACK A

12:15 PM to 1:00 PM EST

Jardena London
How to Read the Room and Change the Outcome
Invisible group dynamics undermine relationships and performance, being able to see and name the dynamics empowers teams to change the outcome.
Research consistently demonstrates that team effectiveness is highly dependent upon the quality of the communication between team members. Yet it’s easy to get into the flow of daily work and be really focused on the ‘what’ in our conversations without much attention to the quality of ‘how’ we’re communicating.

How teams are having (or not having) conversations is a primary contributor to many of the challenges teams face. The structure of the conversation is often the source of conflict and breakdown in the team dynamics.

How can facilitators unlock the collective intelligence that exists within teams and help them see the structural pattern of their conversations, so they can change it, in order to have the conversations they need to have?

We’ll explore the use of Structural Dynamics for learning to ‘read the room’ using four elements for all face-to-face communication.

Outcomes:

  • Learn a language for how to ‘read the room’ and describe the structure of what’s happening in conversations
  • Explore the four elements of all face-to-face communications
  • Learn the benefits of each element and the traps of ‘stuck patterns’
  • Learn techniques that can be used to create more effective conversations

 

About Marsha Acker

MARSHA ACKER, CPCC, PCC, CPF, is the host of the Defining Moments of Leadership podcast, the founder and CEO of TeamCatapult, and the author of the groundbreaking book The Art and Science of Facilitation and the just released book – Build Your Model for Leading Change.

Marsha is known internationally as a facilitator of meaningful conversations, a host of dialogue, and a passionate agilest. She coaches leadership teams in growing their collective leadership and building the capability of achieving true, sustainable behavior change through dialogue.

You can connect with her here:

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Defining Moments of Leadership Podcast

The Art and Science of Facilitation 

Build Your Model for Leading Change