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Team Facilitation Skills

Team Facilitation SkillsHave you ever been part of a problem-solving team that just never seemed to get anywhere? This is very common.

When team members have a high personal connection to the issue being discussed, it is often difficult for them to separate the process from the problem. It can be very challenging for you to both lead the team through the problem-solving process and be involved in the problem-solving process at the same time - and that's why it is helpful to have a facilitator assist you...someone who is more concerned about the process than the issue itself.

Upon completion of the "Team Facilitation Skills" training workshop you will be able to effectively:

  • Lead teams through the problem-solving process and help them to resolve issues and implement meaningful issue-related action plans;

  • Understand and handle challenging team dynamics;

  • Implement simple tips and techniques for enhancing the facilitation process;

  • Work with stakeholders more effectively to help them identify desired outcomes and create strategies to accomplish them.

You will leave the Team Facilitation Skills training workshop with a toolkit of techniques that can be applied in a variety of settings to facilitate work teams and groups more effectively.

Here are a few common problems that hinder group process:

  • Teams fail to take the time to set the group up for success by establishing group norms, expectations and limitations and a clear understanding of the mandate of the team.

  • Poor communication within the team and with the organization results in roadblocks.

  • Unclear expectations, roles and responsibilities result in missed deadlines and/or duplication of effort.

  • Power struggles within the team create negative team energy.

These are a just a few of the common AVOIDABLE problems that a skilled facilitator can help a team deal with more effectively. During this 2-day Team Facilitation Skills training workshop you will learn key strategies for facilitating groups through a flexible process that minimizes conflict and maximizes results. This highly participative, learner-centered workshop will provide you with the tools and skills to improve your facilitation skills.

Key Topics Include:

  • Facilitation Process: You will explore the process of facilitating a group as well as examine the stages of group maturity and the key roles that need to be defined and fulfilled in order to be successful.

  • Tools and Techniques: Keep it simple! You will be exposed to more than a dozen simple, easy-to-use, easy-to-understand and easy-to-teach-to-others techniques that will help you to more effectively tap into and manage the ideas and enthusiasm of the groups that you facilitate.

  • Problem Solving Model: It’s easy to jump right from the problem to a solution that “sounds good”. So often, however, we fail to STOP and really take the time to analyze all of the contributing factors – the result is that sometimes solutions are implemented that don’t really solve the problem. You will learn and work with a simple problem solving model that will help you to facilitate groups through the problem solving process from start to finish.

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