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Book Index: Extreme Facilitation : Guiding Groups Through Controversy and Complexity
Summary TOC Author Look Inside Comments Index Reviews
A
Abu Ghraib prison, 231–232
Academic education, 206
Acquaro, K., 231
ADR. See Alternative dispute resolution
(ADR)
Advocacy groups, 88–89
Agenda: creating, 254–256; hidden,
268–271; in process design, 258–263
Aggression, 277
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR), 269
Analysis, limits of, 201–205
Angry outbursts, 273–275
Architect, facilitator as. See Extreme
facilitator, as architect
Asian culture, 36
Assessment: background reading for, 57;
getting started, 60–61; and individual
interviews, 50–55; methods, 49–61;
and process advisory group, 57–60;
and written questionnaires, 55–57. See
also Assessment, content; Group
culture, assessing
Assessment, content: external
conditions, 64; goals and desired
outcomes, 62; and group strengths,
63; issues and problems, 61–62; key
stories, 62–63; process concerns,
64–65; sample questions, 61–62
Authenticity, 14–16
Authority, deference to, 67–69. See also
Group culture, assessing
Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, 91
B
Background information, laying out, 194
Ball, G., 220
Baratch, J., 84
Batson, C. D., 244
Begin, M., 249
Blake, R. R., 136, 217
Boulding, E., 217
Brainstorming, 166, 214–216
Breakouts, small-group, 150–154, 161,
266
Brisbin, J., 239–240
Buckingham, M., 20
Bureaucratic issues, 191–192
Bush, R.A.B., 186
Buy-in, need for, 46
C
Calm, 24–27
Camp David accords, 249
Capacities, 7; emotional, 6–7, 173–190;
intellectual, 7, 191–209; intuitive, 7,
214–229; physical, 6, 156–170;
spiritual, 7, 231–251
Caring, 23–24
Carpenter, S. L., 50, 77
Carter, D., 24
Carter, J., 249
CDR Associates, 3, 16, 35, 43, 63, 79,
97, 235
Centering, 26
Clean Air Act, 97
Clifton, D. O., 20
Clinton Administration, 97
Closing, 135
Coaching, 50; in individual
interviewing, 54
Cocktail-party format, 162
Collective life, 22
Collins, J., 192
Comfort, 156–160
285
Community, 244–249
Complex issues: applying, 202–203;
assessing pros and cons of, 202;
defining, 195–197; developing
evaluation criteria for, 200–201;
discussion, 194; evaluating and
narrowing options for, 201;
facilitating, 191–209; and fatal flaw
elimination, 201; generating options
for, 199–200; handouts for, 194; and
incorporation of key interests,
198–199; and intellectual capacity of
facilitator, 205–209; kinds of,
191–192; and laying out background
information, 194; and limits of
analysis, 203–205; managing,
193–203; presentations, 195–196;
and selecting a neutral word or
phrase, 197; steps to managing, 193;
and straw polling, 201–202; use of
open-ended question for, 197–198
Confidentiality, 16–18, 52
Consensus: strategic use of, 40–46; and
types of group process, 43; types of
processes for, 40–46
Context, 128–129
Contracting: and agreement on scope
and budget, 108–109; and agreement
with full group, 115–124; and
assessment report, 109–115; ground
rules, 117–120; issues, 102–103;
process, 103–108; roles, 120–124
Convening: and extremists, 90;
identifying representatives for,
93–97; and identifying stakeholders,
81–82; local versus national or
international advocacy groups in,
88–89; and making tough calls,
82–85; and power imbalance, 92–93;
and purpose, 79–81; questions,
96–97; and reluctant parties, 97–100;
and representing general public,
85–87; and ultimate decision maker,
87–88; when no organized groups
exist, 91–92
Cormick, G., 77
Creativity, 22; and context, 36–37; and
necessity, 34–36; recreation and
relaxation in, 37–39; structure and
form for, 37; tapping and applying,
33–40; and thinking inside box, 37;
and thinking outside box, 39–40
Crum, T. F., 26
Culture(s): clashing, 271–273; directness
or indirectness in, 69–72; group,
45–46, 256–258; and group values,
45–46; signs of direct, 70; signs of
indirect, 70–71
Curle, A., 238
Customization, 4, 32–33
D
Dale, N., 77
Davis, I., 13
Deadlines, 46
Deadlocks, 133
Decision, magnitude of potential, 45
Deep-relaxation techniques, 25–26
Denver Public Schools, 40
Difficult people, 263, 265
Disabilities, accommodating, 160
Discussion formats, 194; basic, 146–154;
open discussion, 147–148; rounds,
148–150; small-group breakouts,
150–154
Dominating individuals, 265–267
Doyle, M., 2
E
Edwards, B., 38, 211
Ellis, M., 232
Emond, P., 77
Emotional expressiveness, 66. See also
Group culture, assessing
Emotions: anger, 173; crying, 176–177;
distrust, 175–176; and emotional
capacity of facilitator, 188–190; and
empathic listening, 178–182; and
enabling empathy in others,
184–186; joy, 177; and managing
level of emotional expression,
182–184; others’, 189–190;
responding to, 177–182; welcoming,
173–177
Evaluation: criteria, 200–201; option,
201
Extreme facilitation: basic principles,
277–278; implications of deference
to authority for, 67–69; implications
of direct or indirect culture for,
71–72; implications of emotional
expressiveness for, 66–67; implications
of task-relationship process
286 INDEX
orientation for, 73–74; key phases
and skills of, 5–8; overview of, 4–5
Extreme facilitation process: and
achieving task, 132–134; basic
interventions, 136–146; basic stages
of, 127–136; basics, 127–154;
building understanding in, 129–132;
capturing points of agreement,
144–146; changes, 142–144; closing,
135; fluidity of, model, 135–136;
opening and setting tone, 128–129
Extreme facilitator: and authenticity,
14–16; and calm, 24–27; and
confidence, 16–18; essential qualities,
13–27; and presence, 18–21; and
trustworthiness, 21–24; undermining,
267–268
Extreme facilitator, as architect:
considerations for, 45–46; and
designing custom process, 32–33; and
fast-growing company, 30–31; and
partnering workshop, 29–30;
scenarios, 29–32; in small nonprofit,
29; and stakeholder negotiation, 31;
and strategic use of consensus, 40–46;
and tapping and applying personal
creativity, 33–40
Extremists, 90
F
Facilitation, challenges: and altercation
between two participants, 275–277;
and angry outbursts, 271–275; and
clashing cultures, 271–273; and
difficult situations, 263–265; and
dominating individuals, 265–267;
and hidden agendas, 268–271; and
physical aggression, 277; and
undermining facilitator, 267–268
Faith, 238–240
Fatal flaw elimination, 201
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC), 84
Feedback, 19
Feelings. See Emotions
FERC. See Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC)
Fisher, R., 139, 214
Floor diagrams, 162–163
Focus group, 264
Folger, J. P., 186
G
Goleman, D., 25, 172
Golten, M. M., 91–92, 235
Gordon, T., 53
Gratitude, 240–242
Ground rules, 117–120
Group culture, assessing, 4, 65; and
deference to authority, 67–69;
and directness or indirectness, 69–
71; and emotional expressiveness,
66; and implications for extreme
facilitation, 66–67; and taskrelationship-
process orientation,
72–74. See also Assessment;
Assessment, content
Group process, types of, 43
H
Handouts, 194
Harty, J. M., 208–209
Harwood, A., 232
Hofstede, G., 65
Honesty, 22
Hope, 238–240
How to Make Meetings Work (Doyle and
Straus), 2, 263
Hughes, M., 78, 167
Human potential, 22
Hutus (Rwanda), 231
I
Imagination, 217
Intellectual capacity: and academic
education, 206; and facilitating
complex issues, 191–209; of
facilitator, 205–209; and subject
matter expertise, 206–209
Interaction Associates, 201
Interventions, basic: and asking
questions, 137–138; and capturing
points of agreement, 139–140,
144–146; and making process
changes, 142–144; paraphrasing or
summarizing in, 138–139; and
reframing to interests, 139–140; and
remaining silent, 137; and stating
observations, 140–141
Interviewing, individual: advantages of,
50; disadvantages of, 51; skills for,
51–55; starting, 52
INDEX 287
Intuition: and brainstorming, 214–216;
creating conditions for, 212–214; and
drama, 224–225; and facilitator’s
intuitive capacity, 226–229; and
metaphor, 222–224; and music,
225–226; pictures and visual images
in, 219–221; and stories, 221–222;
tapping, 214–216; and visualization,
216–219
Involvement, 44–45
Iraq, 231–232
Issues, defining, 30, 196–197. See also
Complex issues
J
Jerusalem, 249
Joint Issue Statement, 196
K
Kelley, M., 24
Kennedy, W.J.D., 50, 77
Key interests, 198–199
L
Learning, 22
Lederach, J. P., 222
Legal issues, 191
Listening, active, 53
Love, 233–238
M
Mayer, B. S., 35, 36, 128, 178
McKay, J., 84
Meditation, 26
Metaphors, 222–224
Mexican culture, 36
Mexico, 24
Middle East, United States policy
toward, 41
Mohr, B. J., 63
Moore, C. W., 50, 77, 84, 128
Mouton, J. S., 136, 217
Movement, 161–164
Multi-track diplomacy, 226
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, 19, 20
N
N/3 polling method, 201–202
Necessity, 34–36
Negative behavior, 263
Neutral word, 197
New American cuisine, 36
New York Power Authority (NYPA),
84
Niagara power plant (New York), 84
NYPA. See New York Power Authority
(NYPA)
O
Open discussion, 147–148
Open-ended questions, 197–198
Opening, 128–129
Options, generating, 199–200
Outbursts, 273–275
Outcomes, refining, 133
P
Personal introductions, 128
Personality inventories, 19–20
Physical aggression, 277
Physical capacity: and comfort,
156–160; and movement, 161–164;
personal, 169–170; and progress,
165–168; and reading physical
energy, 168–169; and variety,
164–165
Physical energy, reading, 168–169
Pictures, 219–221. See also Visualization
Power imbalances, 92–93
Presence, 18–21; and building on
strengths, 20–21; and feedback from
others, 19; and personality
inventories, 19–20; and selfknowledge,
18; and self-observation,
20
Presentations, 195–196
Process advisory group: possible
challenges, 59; possible roles, 58–59;
skills for working with, 59–60;
working with, 57–58
Process design: agenda, 258–263; and
creating agenda, 254–256; and group
culture, 257–258; illustration of,
256–263; key issues, 257; ongoing,
254; and process ideas, 256, 258;
specific challenges to, 263–278; and
undermining facilitator, 267–268
Process orientation, 73–74
Processes, types of, 42–46
Public interest, 86
Purpose, 79–81
288 INDEX
Q
Questionnaires, written: advantages and
disadvantages of, 55–56; skills in
using, 56–57; starting, 60–61
R
Ramblers, curbing, 54–55
Recreation, 37–39
Rees, F., 201
Relationship: building, 44–45;
orientation, 73–74
Relaxation, 37–39, 217
Respect, 23–24
Rio Grande Council of Governments,
239–240
Rock ’n’ roll, 36
Rocky Flats, Colorado, 97, 99
Rocky Flats Local Impacts Initiative, 97
Rosenberg, M. B., 173
Rounds, 148–150, 266
Rwanda, 231
S
Schwarz, R. M., 21, 40
Scientific issues, 191
Self-knowledge, 18
Self-observation, 20
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,
232
Sigurdson, S., 77
Silvester, M. N., 37
Smart, L., 95, 196, 220
Smith, H., 233
Snider, S., 232
Spirituality: and community, 244–249;
and facilitation, 233–249; facilitator’s
capacity for, 249–251; and faith and
hope, 238–240; and gratitude,
240–242; and love, 233–238;
overview, 231–233; and truthfulness,
242–244
Stakeholders, 31, 81–82. See also
Convening
Starburst seating arrangement, 160
Stories, 221–222
Straus, D., 2
Straw-polling methods, 162, 201–202
Strength Deployment Inventory, 19, 163
Stuart, B., 77
Subject-matter expertise, 206–209
T
Task orientation, 73
Task-relationship-process orientation,
72–74. See also Group culture,
assessing
Tavris, C., 173
Technical issues, 191
Texas, 24
Texas Rangers, 24
Thatcher, R., 24
Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Modes
Instrument, 19
Time constraints, 46
Trustworthiness, 21–24; caring, respect
and, 23–24; values and, 21–23
Truthfulness, 242–244
Turkey, 91
Tutsis (Rwanda), 231
U
“Ugly American,” 237
Understanding, building, 129
United States Department of Energy, 97
United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), 82, 95
Ury, W., 139, 214
V
Values, group, 45–46
Variety, 164–165
Visual images, 219–221
Visualization, 216–219
W
Watkins, J. M., 63
Wildau, S., 95, 225
Wisdom, M., 232
INDEX 289
 
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