Unprofessionalism
Professional performance is exhausting. Maintaining the mask. Editing ourselves. Pretending we know when we don't.
This podcast is about people who dropped the performance. And what happened next.
Each episode features someone who broke professional conventions and found something better on the other side: the executive who disclosed grief in a corporate setting and found it opened new ways of relating; the coach who realised her authority came from integrity, not compliance; the designer who ignored the 'approved tools' and saved thousands of hours.
Conversations circle around three questions:
- What does it cost us to perform professionalism instead of showing up as ourselves?
- How do we create spaces where people can bring their full attention and humanity to work?
- When is the “unprofessional” move actually the most responsible one?
If you feel the tension between who you are and who you're expected to be at work, this podcast shows you what happens when people stop managing that tension and just stop performing.
Hosted by Dr Myriam Hadnes—behavioural economist and founder of workshops.work. New episode every week.
Unprofessionalism
014 - What it Takes to be an Authentic Facilitator with Lily Gros
In this very-early morning and truly authentic show, I speak with Lily Gros, a facilitator, entrepreneur and youtuber. Lily started La Minute Facilitation, her business with which she facilitates workshops for (mostly non-profit) clients, trains facilitators on their mindset and runs her own workshops on authenticity and perfectionism.
In the show, we talk about “authenticity 360 degrees” which includes the facilitator and the participants. And, we talk about mindful facilitation which becomes crucial as soon as challenges come up.
Don’t miss our very honest exchange on how we dealt with challenging situations. These lessons we learned will surely inspire you to anticipate problems so that you can make your workshops work.
Questions and Answers
[1:37] What are your different roles as a facilitator?
[7:36] Authenticity became quite a buzzword. How do you define it and what does it mean to you?
[10:54] How did you learn to be authentic?
[12:43] How did you come up with this topic?
[15:16] How do get your groups to be more authentic?
[16:27] You get to know your participants before the workshop?
[17:30] What would be an icebreaker for a “cold” group of participants?
[21:35] Why does it feel so scary to be authentic?
[24:21] How do you approach the puzzle that a team might accept imperfection and vulnerability and still show high performance?
[31:34] How do you test the water in terms of openness of your participants?
[34:20] How did you manage to create the safe space after this tricky situation?
[41:02] What is your way in dealing with such a difficult participant?
[45:05] What makes a workshop work?
[47:55] What shall the audience remember from the show?
Related links you may want to check out:
- Lily’s business page: https://lilygros.co/
- The white paper (book) Lily wrote with Ze Change Makers (in French)
- Brené Brown’s TED talk
- Lily’s interview with Peter Krishnan (summary)
- Jim Tamm on Radical Collaboration
- The five keys to a successful Google team
- Our sponsor Session Lab (affiliate link)
Shows we mentioned:
- Mindset Management – with Jeremy Ackers
- Getting it right by starting it right – with Patrick Cowden
Connect to Lily on LinkedIn
Follow Lily: @laminutefacilitation
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