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Standing in the Fire

High heat meetings seem to be happening in more and more organizations these days. Situations where participants are polarized, angry, fearful, confused. If you facilitate meetings for a living, all your well-learned techniquues won't help you in volatile and unpredictable situations like this. If you lead meetings as simply part of your job, you probably feel even less able to cope.

Veteran facilitator Larry Dressler has learned the hard way that when stakes are high, outcomes uncertain, and emotions running wild what makes crucial difference is the leader's presence. To work with people in high-heat meetings, you have to work on yourself. Standing in the Fire gives you everything you need to keep from being drawn into the inferno yourself and instead become a masterful fire tender.

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