The Art and Science of Facilitation

Course Overview

The amount of time we spend in group meetings these days is staggering! It is clear that collaboration and interdependence are inescapable in today’s landscape.   To survive and thrive today, organizations must work together to fully engage its people and tap into their knowledge, expertise and skills. 

In fact, the ability to harness the full potential of groups and teams is a key determinant of organizational success and competitive advantage.  By developing a facilitation skill set, your organization will make better decisions, solve problems so that they stay solved, and have a more powerful, focused and energized workforce.

Given the need to work together, “The Art and Science of Facilitation” workshop is designed to provide you with practical tools, proven processes and powerful techniques to lead groups to results. 

Outcomes

  • Develop powerful facilitator platform skills that enable you to lead and manage task groups;
  • Deal effectively with group conflict and manage difficult group dynamics;
  • Build skills to lead a group through consensus decision making;
  • Apply creative problem solving techniques;
  • Conduct effective dialogue on important and emotional issues.
  • Learn the fundamentals of  Appreciative Inquiry and World Café.

Who Should Attend

This workshop will be of interest to managers, internal and external consultants, project managers,  Human Resource and Organization Development professionals,   Anyone that must help task groups achieve their goals 

Topics Covered

  • Facilitation Fundamentals
  • Apply the fundamental principles of facilitation
  • Understand the role of a facilitative leader
  • Learn 8 techniques for managing group participation
  • Understanding and managing difficult group dynamics
Apply four (5) Universal Facilitation Processes
  • Issue Analysis
  • Problem Analysis
  • Decision Analysis
  • Action Planning
  • Action Research

CONDUCT EFFECTIVE MEETINGS

  • Types of meetings
  • Four key outcomes of the meeting
  • Improve meeting outcomes by 50% with one simple technique that takes little to no time. 

EXPLORE Advanced FACILITATION METHODS

  • Large Group Facilitation
  • Open Space
  • World Cafe
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