Ebook: 15 ways to facilitate workshops to uncover amazing possibilities by Lois Kelly

1. Seeing possibilities
15 thought-provoking questions

2. Hi, I’m Lois Kelly of Foghound. One of my passions is
facilitating workshops that help organizations solve
thorny problems and uncover “aha” opportunities."
This eBook shares 15 of my favorite thought-provoking
questions that I use in helping people uncover
possibilities for leadership, organizational
development, marketing, and sales. I hope they help
you jumpstart new thinking."
If you want to talk about how we might be able to turn
your next important meeting or offsite into something
especially meaningful, please write or call. We could
do some amazing work together."
www.foghound.com!
lkelly@foghound.com!
@Lois Kelly!
401-333-5464"
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3. 1. Why is our (organization/products/services/company) so relevant?
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4. 2. I would be so proud of my (organization/company/team) if we
_______________________________________________.
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5. 3. If we went out of business – or our team was
phased out – who would notice or care?
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6. 4. If our company/product/service/organization was a well-known actor,
comedian or musician, who would it be? And why?
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7. 5. What are your superpowers?
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8. 6. Poet David Whyte has
said, “Leaders’
conversations are not about
the work, they are the
work.” !
What do our conversations
say about our work?
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9. 7. What I love, love, love about our organization/company/service/product is
______________________________________________.
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10. 8. What is slowing us down?
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11. The Rogue Economist
Chief of Confusion
Chief Catalyst
Chief Culture Officer
9. Are we calling ourselves titles that open us up to new
possibilities? Demand we innovate? Recognize our talent?
Set us apart from other companies?
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12. 10. If success were guaranteed, what bold and wild
things would we do?
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13. 11. What are the five things
that our board/executives/people/sales
reps/customers spend way too
much time worrying about?
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14. 12. Why do our
customers/clients need
us now more than ever?!
What has changed in the
past 18 - 24 months that
make us more relevant?
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15. 13. What do we never,
ever want to be
associated with and
why?
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16. 14. If our company/organization were a cause, what would
be our rallying cry?
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17. 15. What I’d really like to be able to say a year from
now is this:
_______________________________________________.
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18. Foghound: helping you uncover the possibilities
Strategic communica.ons Workshop facilita.on Fun and love
"Compelling content, impressive "Don't just get people on the same "We love these Ideas." You'll
delivery, las.ng impression." We page, get them on a new page.” uncover ideas from your own
help execuGves create compelling Finding the big "aha" ideas comes organizaGon that you love
leadership plaIorms ‐‐ and find from a different approach to because the Foghound discovery
the courage to communicate meeGng facilitaGon. We guide you process is playful, fun and freeing.
powerful ideas in ways genuine to through immersive, acGon‐packed Yet it's also grounded in business,
them ‐‐ and meaningful in a social workshops that free you to find markeGng and communicaGons
business world. those ideas that will make a strategy, and experience with
difference. demanding Fortune 500 clients.
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