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Critical Facilitation Skills for Leaders
- 2 Days Course
- Language: English
Introduction:
Students will learn how to develop and apply facilitation techniques to support their team at every stage of the team life cycle. Students will enhance their interpersonal competencies and observational abilities to deal with disruptions and more.
Private classes on this topic are available. We can address your organization’s issues, time constraints, and save you money, too. Contact us to find out how.
Objectives:
Apply techniques to encourage participation and reach consensus
Utilize facilitative questioning techniques
Recognize indicators to facilitate each stage of the team process
Deal constructively with disruptions and typical problem behavior
Implement interventions appropriately
Plan and run a focused discussion, meeting or event
Course Outline:
1. The Importance of Facilitation
- Being an Effective Facilitator
- Harnessing Knowledge, Experience, and Diversity
- Encouraging Group Motivation and Commitment
- Observing the Team Process
2. Facilitating Process and Content
- Identifying Process and Content Elements
- Managing the Flow
- Resolving Tensions and Disagreement
3. Setting the Stage for Facilitation
- Laying the Groundwork,
- Educating Participants, and Securing Support
- Selecting the Right Facilitator
- Planning for a Facilitated Meeting
4. Facilitating Team Development
- Encouraging Participation
- Recognizing Stages in the Team Life Cycle
- Supporting the Team through the Stages
5. Building Consensus and Reaching Decisions
- Gathering and Presenting Data
- Synthesizing and Summarizing
- Identifying Options and Brainstorming
- Facilitating SWOT Analysis
- Creating a Short List
- Using the Multi-Option technique
6. Disruptions, Dysfunctions and Interventions
- Handling Disruptions and Difficult Behavior
- Addressing Dysfunction
- Agreeing on Ground Rules
- Restating and Reframing
Enroll in this course
$1,195.00 – $1,495.00