10 Keys to Accountability
No one wants to talk about it (and we did – check out Part 1 and Part 2 Masterclasses!) but accountability is an important aspect of coalition building and trust building.
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Coalitions
Eight Elements of Effective Meetings
Whether you are meeting in person for the first time in a LONG time or you are still primarily virtual, you want people to want to come to your meetings.
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Trust: How do you maintain it?
Although it would be nice if we could “check the box” on trust and move to the next item on our list, trust is a lot like a muscle. You have to keep building it and regaining it when it is lost. Similar to exercise, when you keep practicing trust, it is much easier to
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Trust: How do you regain it?
If you are struggling with loss of trust in your coalition, you CAN regain it over time. As much as it would be nice to just do one “big” thing to regain trust, the little things over time make the biggest difference. Since trust usually isn’t lost immediately (although I just had an experience where
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Trust: How do you lose it?
Trust is one of those concepts that you don’t even think about when you have it, but when it’s compromised, you pay a lot of attention to it! In our coalition work, there can be trust issues within the coalition overall or there can be trust issues between specific members of the coalition that impact
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Trust: How do you build it?
We can easily say “trust” is important or we want more “trust” in our coalition, but actually building trust takes time and intentionality. Building trust = building and maintaining relationships.
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The Coalition Difference Maker: Trust
Since most people involved in coalitions volunteer their time, we must create networks, teams, workgroups and partnerships that are built on trust. When you are trusted, people want to show up, volunteer their time and work together.
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Element #8: Follow up from the meeting
You may have facilitated a fantastic meeting where you engaged participants, made important decisions and made progress on your most important projects; however, the real test of an effective meeting happens after the meeting is over. When you follow up from the meeting, you support momentum, progress, relationships and interest in your next meeting. Join
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Element #7: Facilitate the meeting well
You can have a clear purpose, the right people, an ideal platform, a succinct agenda and all the logistics lined up perfectly and yet still struggle with hosting an effective meeting if you do not have an effective facilitator for the meeting. You have to facilitate the meeting well in order to engage your participants
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Element #6: Set expectations for meeting participants
When your meeting participants know what to expect during a meeting, you are more likely to accomplish your meeting purpose, engage with the participants and host an effective meeting. A common challenge for coalition meetings is the tendency to assume that everyone knows what to expect. As the person planning the meeting, you have spent
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