Facilitate Proceedings » Organization Development http://facilitate.com/blog Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:46:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Can you select a CEO by telephone? http://facilitate.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/can-you-select-a-ceo-by-telephone/ http://facilitate.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/can-you-select-a-ceo-by-telephone/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:23:41 +0000 Julia Young http://facilitate.com/blog/?p=785 Priority Leadership Group lead the selection team and we collaborated on how we might support nine committee members from up and down the coast of California in coming to consensus and documenting their decision making. By necessity the first round of interviews was done by phone. Candidates had already gone through several screening steps so this was to be a high powered interview. The aim was select four of seven candidates who will go on to face-to-face interviews and then two who will spend a half day on-site. Sheila and I looked for ways in which online collaboration software (in this case FacilitatePro) could transform a rather awkward phone conversation with a candidate and nine interviewers to an engaging and efficient interaction.]]> I recently had the pleasure of working with a selection task group from the Girl Scouts of the Central Coast of California as they conducted a series of interviews of CEO candidates. Sheila Dundon, HR/OD consultant and founder of the Priority Leadership Group lead the selection team and we collaborated on how we might support nine committee members from up and down the coast of California in coming to consensus and documenting their decision making.

By necessity the first round of interviews was done by phone. Candidates had already gone through several screening steps so this was to be a high powered interview. The aim was select four of seven candidates who will go on to face-to-face interviews and then two who will spend a half day on-site.
Sheila and I looked for ways in which online collaboration software (in this case FacilitatePro) could transform a rather awkward phone conversation with a candidate and nine interviewers to an engaging and efficient interaction.

]]> http://facilitate.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/can-you-select-a-ceo-by-telephone/feed/ 2 Uncovering Covert Barriers To Change http://facilitate.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/uncovering-covert-barriers-to-change/ http://facilitate.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/uncovering-covert-barriers-to-change/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:31:58 +0000 Nancy Settle-Murphy http://facilitate.com/blog/?p=830 I recently attended an excellent session at the Cape Cod Institute by Bob Marshak, who explored tips and techniques for overcoming the many covert barriers to organizational change. The examples used throughout the session were geared primarily to groups who worked side by side, when it’s tough enough to identify those hidden landmines and unspoken issues.

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