Facilitation - The Art of Collaborative Leadership

Overview

Literally translated, facilitation means “making it easier.” This Short Course focuses on the process as well as the role of the facilitator in order to make it easier to collaborate.

One of the crucial components of today's leadership is facilitating collaboration. This is fundamental in creating team spirit, achieving first-rate results and supporting the process of change in general.

Skilled facilitation enables and empowers a team to achieve their goals. Facilitation is an art that requires an understanding of key modes and dimensions which will be explored in this Short Course.

Topics Covered

• Sensing dimensions of facilitation e.g. preparation, planning, structuring, informing, supporting, challenging
• Exploring  techniques that encourage learning and working together
• Developing strategies for managing challenging group situations  
• Implementing key methods and skills within the facilitation toolkit.

Learning Methods

• Skills training and practice, using role play and simulation
• Experiential learning and reflection
• Using the presenter's facilitation as an example to illustrate and to bring the art to life

Who should attend

This exciting 2-day Short Course is for experienced professionals who are interested in leading teams and groups of people to co-operate in working better together to achieve excellent results.

Participants have included managers, management consultants, chief executives, health professionals, educators, facilitators and anyone working with others in a managing, leadership or facilitating role.

This Short Course will help you to expand your understanding, competence and skills as a facilitator. It will offer you a challenging review of your own style of facilitation. You will also assess your facilitative strengths and areas of development.

Outcomes

By the end of the Short Course you will have:

• Defined facilitation
• Sensed the modes and dimensions of facilitation: preparation, planning, structuring, informing, supporting, challenging
• Acknowledged the role of the facilitator
• Established goals and ground rules for facilitation
• Experienced the Socratic Method and Nominal Group Theory
• Know the common facilitation mistakes