We are approaching the last chapter of The Art of Convening, and we're moving into a thoughtful space about Commitment to Action. Below are topics to reflect on before our next session.
Commitment to Action: an individual and/or collective agreement to be responsible and accountable for the way forward.
Challenge: Absence of Alignment
Principle: Shared actions and behaviors create movement toward a common future of consequence and accountability
Essential Questions: What is needed to allow for the highest level of commitment, responsibility, and accountability? What is already occurring or has been put into action? What actions will I take that will make it more likely that people will act?
Some topics to reflect on:
● Alignment. Recall a time in your life or your practice as a Convener when you had the experience of a group’s total alignment, commitment, and accountability to the collective outcomes of a meeting or engagement.
● Conditions. What can you remember about what specific conditions/behaviors contributed to creating the alignment, commitment, and accountability?
● Challenges. Recall a time in a meeting, conversation or gathering when you were the Convener or you were a participant and you experienced challenges (inertia, distractions, pressing commitments or overwhelming activities) that had to be overcome in the creative process to reach true commitment to action?
● Commitment. As the Convener, what did you do or observe that happened to overcome the challenges? Was true commitment achieved?
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