Achieving Consensus – Tools and Techniques

Part 1 – Defining Consensus

·        What is consensus?

·        Reaching consensus is like taking a journey

·        How consensus fits with other decision styles

·        Sources of difficulty

·        Your journey

Part 2 – Your Role On The Road To Consensus

·        Deciding what to pack

·        Taking inventory

·        Things to leave behind

·        Focus on strengths, not weaknesses

Part 3 – Meeting To Achieve Consensus

·        You can’t achieve consensus by yourself

·        Let’s make steel

·        Are you a consensus master?

Part 4 – Tools and Techniques

·        Using your tool kit

·        Addressing behavioral obstacles

·        Your role

Part 5 – More Tools and Techniques

·        Using your tool kit for decision obstacles

·        When all else fails

Part 6 – Arriving at Consensusville

·        Where you start your journey is not where you end

·        Walking the talk

Assessment