A Tale of Two Conferences

In this best/worst of times, many of us feel the call to personal and organizational transformation. For me personally, I get a lot of ideas, support, insights, and development from participating and presenting at conferences with different communities that I am a part of. As an Edgewalker (people who walk between worlds and have the ability to build bridges between different worlds), I’m a part of several diverse groups and communities, and the various frames of reference serve me in self-inquiry and developing my thought and practices on how I serve my clients.

Face The MusicDecember 9, 2019leadership activities, team building activities, team building with music, team development, innovation, Paul Kwiecinski, Joel Wright

Musing on Leadership Development

In the leadership development training process this means developing skills like using a clear vision that guides judgments and decisions, clear direction and ongoing communication as situations unfold, flexibility in adapting plans, not relying on past solutions to address current situations, and taking the occasional leap of faith.

Face The MusicOctober 23, 2018leadership activities, leadership music programs, team building with music, Paul Kwiecinski

Transformation

We create mental models to interpret the data; to give meaning and inform action. Our mental model is a constructed frame of reference into which the information goes and we interpret and assign meaning to what we perceived.

NewsletterftmblogApril 4, 2017face the music, innovation, Leadership development, organization development, Paul Kwiecinski, team building with music

How to Make One Giant Team, and What's Your Story?

Let's say you're head of a division (or section, unit, department, functional area, tribe, clan, regiment, battalion, company, platoon, etc). You're looking for high-functioning alignment—effective, efficient work flow, communications, adaptation, full use of resources.

NewsletterftmblogApril 12, 2016corporate learning, corporate team building, employee engagement, Leadership development, music team building, Paul Kwiecinski, team building with music, leadership activitiesComment

5 Ways to Team Performance--and Standing Out in the Din

Purpose is the big container that can make a difference in everything you do together. Communicate the purpose of the team with your people....

NewsletterftmblogMarch 15, 2016corporate offsite, corporate team building, creative team building, employee engagement, innovation, Leadership development, music team building, Paul Kwiecinski, team building with music, leadership activitiesComment

Renewal: It's Just Like Starting Over...

At Face The Music we see great opportunity and relevance in the role we play in supporting our clients to take on their challenges, and in serving our mission to help build a better working world. Our programs bring music, fun, spirit, and energy into organizations. They are designed to help these organizations develop new approaches and behaviors to take on issues...

NewsletterftmblogSeptember 25, 2015corporate learning, employee engagement, face the music, innovation, Leadership development, Paul Kwiecinski, team building, team building with music, Face The MusicComment

Tuning for Transformation

The issue is that they are still approaching the issues from the same perspective, asking the same questions, using the same processes, running the same culture. Even though these problems have been discussed, brainstormed, mulled over, analyzed...

NewsletterftmblogOctober 8, 2014coporate team building, corporate learning, creative team building, employee engagement, face the music, organization development, Organization transformation, Paul Kwiecinski, whole brain learningComment

Where to Start When You're Done

The session was great, just what you wanted. But as the room clears out, the question occurs to you: "Now what?" Or, "So what?" We had a great time, but we have some things that we have to work on...

NewsletterftmblogOctober 4, 2013corporate learning, corporate offsite, creative team building, employee engagement, face the music, innovation, music team building, organization development, Paul Kwiecinski, team building, team building with musicComment

Mark Twain and the Grammies

The changes, chaos and disruption that this entails can be painful, and one can hear the existential groan when a change project or a merger is announced. It is also risky—the change might not work.

NewsletterftmblogApril 3, 2013creative team building, employee engagement, face the music, leadership, Leadership development, Mark Twain leadership, Mississippi, organization development, Paul Kwiecinski, team building with music Comment

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