Facilitating Stakeholder Conversations
Frequently, the best solutions to complex, systemic challenges arise from the collective knowledge of the people most impacted by those challenges. The key is accessing and utilizing that knowledge.
Engaging stakeholders—those who have a stake, be they employees, board members, constituents, or communities—doesn’t require expensive, time consuming initiatives. Rather, it requires a leader’s courage and commitment to invite people into conversations about the questions that matter most; to listen to what others are experiencing; to be transparent about the trials and decisions confronting the organization; and to promote the collaborative discovery of adaptive, inclusive and innovative solutions to address challenges common to all. Leaders and organizations will amass a wealth of qualitative and quantitative data, gain clarity about the priorities and concerns of the people, and generate a ground swell of energy and action to accomplish meaningful, shared goals.
GLI helps leaders host meaningful conversations. We believe in the intrinsic value of engagement, understand the human dynamics at play, and are experts at facilitating open, lightly structured, productive conversations for groups of all sizes about questions important to the people present. Drawing on tried and true methodologies such as the World Café and Open Space Technology, our cost effective approach accelerates learning and trust, promotes respectful sharing of diverse perspectives, increases cooperative and creative thinking, and draws forth the collective wisdom in the room.
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