Hint: It's not a square.

Colleagues,

MVP: Simple circle activities can promote many voices.

In 2024 I will facilitate 16 workshops for governmental and non-profit leaders in Western North Carolina (WNC).

At the end of each of those workshops, we will form a circle and share one of the following:

• A thank you
  
• A challenge for the group
  
• What you will be thinking about on the drive home
  

I set the stage, but the participants create the circle, physically and metaphorically.

The cognition and emotion are different each time as participants create the circle’s meaning anew each time.

This is so much more powerful than “thanks, see you next week.”

The circle creates the opportunity for co-creation.

Want to know more about circles?

Lyndsay Lyons and I dove into co-creation on last week’s episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast. It is a wonderful episode in which two laughing friends discuss serious stuff.

Today’s intention: Think about how you can use your leadership to provide opportunities for others’ voices to be heard.

Cheers!

Frederick