ITS OVER WHEN THE BOSS SPEAKS...

[Kerry Napuk]

When facilitating an event, we stay close to the sponsor.  We take
soundings throughout the day about how s/he feels the event is going.
More importantly, like Larry Peterson wrote, we encourage the sponsor to
provide a bridge to the future, that is, deal with " where do we go from
here?"  We suggest there are four options to consider before the sponsor
makes closing remarks.  In fact, the sponsor can wait until s/he sees
the priorities before responding, the ultimate in flexibility.  Our
experience suggests the sponsor has to consider next steps or risk
losing the goodwill and commitment of  participants.

Kerry Napuk
Open Futures
www.openfutures.com


  Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 11:57 PM, Larry Peterson wrote:

> I agree that in most situations I am working for a sponsor.  It is the
> sponsor (be that an individual, a team or crossection of the
> organization) who I believe chooses to intentionally "open space" for
> self-organization. I bring myself and my skill and experience to enable
> this to happen.  During the event, the practice of self-organization (or
> spirited organization), I hold the space so that the sponsor can
> participate.  At the end of the event, I encourage the sponsor to have
> the last word, especially to thank participants and to describe where it
> goes from here from their perspective.
>
> Larry
>
> Larry Peterson
> Associates in Transformation
> Toronto, ON, Canada
> 416.653.4829
>
> larry at spiritedorg.com
> www.spiritedorg.com
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