President of Blue Wing Consulting LLC, meeting facilitator, and author of the brilliant and insightful book Standing in the Fire: Leading High-Heat Meetings with Calm, Clarity, and Courage, Larry Dressler, describes how many meetings become heated events, full of anger, polarization, and confusion. The result of this heat is very often little of value is accomplished and people are left angry and unhappy. Even worse, the tactics and techniques most often taught have little effect, and may even make things worse. Instead of tactics, Larry Dressler points out the critical importance of the leader's presence. To create that presence, the leader must develop personal skills and self-awareness. To become a master fire tender, a leader must learn the six ways of standing in the fire, and practice and cultivate personal awareness.
Larry Dressler is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.
The show airs live on Tuesday, June 15, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Meeting facilitator, and author of the brilliant and insightful book Standing in the Fire: Leading High-Heat Meetings with Calm, Clarity, and Courage, Larry Dressler, describes how many meetings become heated events, full of anger, polarization, and confusion. You will learn:
* Why commonly taught and used tactics and techniques fail in heated meetings
* Why personal self-awareness and practice is more valuable
* How to harness the creative power of fire in meetings as a fire tender
* Learn the six ways of standing in the fire
Larry Dressler (photo left) is president of Blue Wing Consulting LLC. He has designed and facilitated high-stakes meetings in large corporations like Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Starbucks since the early 1990s.
He has also assisted in important community deliberations involving diverse stakeholders: farm workers in Washington State, homeless artisans on Skid Row in Los Angeles, and indigenous leaders in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Larry is also the author of the landmark book Standing in the Fire: Leading High-Heat Meetings with Calm, Clarity, and Courage.
My book review of Standing in the Fire: Leading High-Heat Meetings with Calm, Clarity, and Courage by Larry Dressler.
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Let's talk with President of Blue Wing Consulting LLC, meeting facilitator, and author of the brilliant and insightful book Standing in the Fire: Leading High-Heat Meetings with Calm, Clarity, and Courage, Larry Dressler, as he describes how many meetings become heated events, full of anger, polarization, and confusion. The result of this heat is very often little of value is accomplished and people are left angry and unhappy. Even worse, the tactics and techniques most often taught have little effect, and may even make things worse. Instead of tactics, Larry Dressler points out the critical importance of the leader's presence. To create that presence, the leader must develop personal skills and self-awareness. To become a master fire tender, a leader must learn the six ways of standing in the fire, and practice and cultivate personal awareness on Blog Business Success Radio.
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