Facilitation

There is no contest between the company that buys the grudging compliance of its work force and the company that enjoys the enterprising participation of its employees - Ricardo Sempler 

These days it is impossible to be part of a business or any organization without attending meetings. They may be staff meetings, project planning groups, process improvement workshops or any other situation that requires a group of people to come together to share information, generate ideas, evaluate options, build consensus or take decisions. 

Something that many of them can have in common is the feeling of frustration and wasting people's time and resources as well as not fully achieving the objectives that the meeting was set up for. 

To get the most from your people, you need to know how to create buy-in, generate participation and empower people. It is impossible to build tea,s. consistently achieve consensus or run effective decision making meetings without facilitation skills. The good news is that these skills can be mastered by anyone. 

The core facilitation tools and techniques include: 

• A 4-step Model for working across boundaries
• How to get people involved
• Overcoming barriers to participation
• The 6 Decision Making Options
• Managing Conflict
• Making a Intervention
• Planning a Session

These techniques are important for all kinds of business and workers, but particularly: 

• Team leaders or members
• Project and task force leaders
• Supervisors or managers who hold staff meetings
• Community development practitioners
• Quality and process improvement leaders 
• Change managers 
• Consultants 
• Anyone who needs to lead meetings and gain participation of others in the process. 

If you would like more information please contact Adrian Gundy on 028 90737950 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.