Who Will Facilitate This Gathering?

For the sake of unity amongst the owners and managers, select someone who has the general respect within the firm to lead or facilitate your Solution Sage report debriefing meeting. Many firms find that the meeting leader should be someone other than the head of the business, or enterprise.

It is usually best that the meeting leader not be the CEO or founder of the firm, as this sometimes inhibits younger members from fully participating, often out of respect (or fear) of the CEO/founder.

Scheduling a Solution Sage Report Debriefing Meeting:

A debriefing meeting should be scheduled and all participants invited:

• The meeting should be scheduled for a fixed length of time. One and a half to two hours is a good length for the first (or only) meeting.
• Make sure all invitees have read a copy of the full report prior to the gathering.
• It is best to have an agenda, generated by the meeting leader and distributed to each participant prior to the beginning of the meeting. Keep it simple and low-key for the initial meeting. The agenda can follow the recommendations in the Solution Sage report.
• Give each participant a copy of the Guidelines for Communication, and ask each to sign before the meeting begins.
• Try to keep your initial meeting focused on more general topics. Save emotionally-laden topics for future meetings.