Agenda Setting for High-Performing Groups

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Agenda Setting for High-Performing Groups

Hosted by Kate Krontiris and Charles Johnson

62 students

What you'll learn

How to set a successful agenda

You'll learn a template that helps you design an agenda with a clear purpose and decision rights

How to strategically sequence discussion topics

You'll understand how successful leaders sequence complex issues and manage human dynamics

How generate movement when the group is stuck

You'll learn strategies for igniting momentum and participation during hard conversations

Why this topic matters

Strong agendas not only chart the course of a group process, but also reflect how participants will get the work done together, under what decision rights, and with what intended outcomes. When teams have clear agendas guiding their work, they shift from stuck meetings into breakthrough moments.

You'll learn from

Kate Krontiris

Co-Founder at Facilitation Leadership Lab

Facilitator, ethnographer, and musician, Kate is an organizational development strategist with over 20 years of facilitation, mediation, and conflict resolution experience. Clients have included Google, Obama United States Digital Service, Facebook, and United Nations.

Charles Johnson

Co-Founder at Facilitation Leadership Lab

Systems strategist, executive coach, teacher, and facilitator, Charley works at the intersection of technology and social change. He founded Untangled, a newsletter and podcast on technology, people, and power. Currently at Data & Society; previously at USAID and GWU.

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