Years ago, I was told, “You’re not very good with people.”
That moment didn’t destroy me — it began my composting.
Facilitation, I’ve learned, isn’t about performance or control. It’s about softening. Listening. Letting go.
And somehow, despite everything, the good got through anyway.
The world of work is an ecosystem of interdependent organisations, groups and individuals. So, if you want to make a sustainable change at work, you are more likely to succeed if you approach your change as a gardener, not a mechanic.
Read MoreA proven approach for helping leaders and teams work together to achieve better decisions, greater commitment, and stronger results — amazon.co.uk
Read MoreMeet the business anthropologists seeking to explain how we buy, sell, work and think.
From supermarkets to factories, trading floors to tech firms, their methods are revealing the hidden codes that define our lives.
The result is a wholly new way to see human behaviour: anthro-vision. — amazon.co.uk
Reflecting on a management career spanning fifty years, Dr Terry Cooke-Davies suggests that for would-be leaders, there is great value in cultivating a growth mindset, developing an attitude of humble inquiry, mastering the art of dialogue and conversation, and combining the tools of an anthropologist with the skillset of a facilitator.
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