Masterful Facilitator Fundamentals Programme

Do you find it difficult to achieve real results from meetings or work sessions?

The Problem

Meetings or work sessions which suck all our energy.

Ones where one or two people’s ideas always dominate. And everyone else is window dressing.

Meetings that are lists of instructions or boring progress reports.

And those where everyone is in love with the shape of the problem, it runs over time and still no decisions have been made. So, they book another session to make some decisions...or they rush through some meaningless actions.

What's the Solution?

The solution is skilfully facilitated meetings and work sessions. Ones in which:

Everyone is engaged throughout
All voices are heard and valued
The purpose is clear, and the process focussed
Wisdom and creativity are unlocked
Both visible and hidden constraints are resolved
Clear decisions are made with buy-in
The outcome exceeds expectations

What Brings this About?

It starts with having some facilitation tools & techniques (the science), however that only takes one so far. The magic really happens when we have developed the art of facilitation, and when we blend that with the science.

The art, as in all art, is difficult to describe, it’s an understanding and awareness of yourself and the others in the room; authenticity, and a confidence, in your unique facilitator style; the ability to adjust your plan and the tools that you use, in the moment, to steer the session towards better outcomes; and underlying all of it is the subtle ability to create a safe space that enables people to bring of their best.

When this magical combination happens, you notice:

Everyone quickly shifts into a state of ‘being present’;
Participants contribute from their strengths and their hearts;
Ideas are generated and solutions found;
Constructive disagreement takes place so that,
Clear decisions can be reached with buy in from everyone;
Real outcomes are achieved faster;
Trust, collaboration and accountability grows; and
New effective behaviour results and continues beyond the session.

You can learn to do this in the
Masterful Facilitator Fundamentals programme.

The Masterful Facilitator (Fundamentals) is an intermediate level programme for facilitators, team coaches and change agents who are ready to take their current skills and knowledge for facilitating teams or groups, to a professional level.

It is an experiential, active learning programme that addresses the challenges experienced in getting real change; in action, behaviour and results, to emerge from group work sessions.

Participants learn to bring magic into any room: virtual or face-to-face.

You'll Learn:

• to establish safety and trust so participants engage fully

• to guide a group/team to engage in the robust interaction that is essential for continuous improvement, high performing teams, and getting results out of any work session

• to safely surface the ‘elephants in the room’ so the real issues can be resolved

• a process for effective conflict management

• to avoid the common pitfalls of facilitation

• awareness of your own role in the group dynamics

• to create the springboard for real change in actions and behaviours

• new tools, activities, techniques and structures (for virtual and face-to-face sessions)

• to blend the art and the science of facilitation to develop your mastery

How Does it Work?

The programme begins with a kick-off orientation session and self-paced prework to prepare you for the four half-day action learning workshops. The workshop learning is reinforced by practising between workshops, and a 90 minute group coaching session.

Each workshop is designed for deep, practical learning. Because this experiential learning journey is spread over five weeks you’ll have time and support to learn, practise and integrate your new facilitation skills into your work.

This is a very effective way of learning.

You will experience deep engagement and collaboration in a virtual room, whilst becoming comfortable with digital tools; and learning to masterfully facilitate both virtual and face-to-face sessions.