2 Day Workshop -- Price: $995 taxes extra
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Strategic Objective
Our Facilitative Leadership and Problem Solving Workshop provides participants with the skills required for problem solving and decision-making. This workshop will enhance your confidence and ability to significantly add value to the work of task-oriented groups through the application of proven “process” and participation methods.
Learning Objectives
Participation in this workshop will enable you to...
- improve the accomplishments of your group through effective facilitation;
- apply proven process tools for solving problems, making decisions, analysing issues, managing risk and planning action in groups;
- select process tools to match the specific objectives of a group task;
- facilitate productive participation and interaction among team members;
- address common group dynamic issues (e.g., disruptive behaviour) that arise in group work.
Overview
Facilitative Leadership introduces participants to process facilitation as an approach to improving problem solving, decision making, risk management and action planning in groups. It also presents ideas and tools for managing team dynamics.
Learn how to empower employees and teams to achieve consensus on difficult issues, pursue results driven dialogue and inspire individual and collective participation. By applying leading-edge facilitation tips and techniques, spawn synergies among stakeholders, anticipate problems, make informed decisions and plan for action. Learn how to determine your existing and desired states of resolve. Maximize productivity and effectiveness through process-driven methods. Align your people-management skills with your corporate strategy.
Topics include, but are not limited to…
Key Concepts in Facilitation
- organizational context for facilitative leadership
- facilitation and group/team effectiveness
- importance of process in group work
- creative basis of process facilitation
- roles and fundamentals of process facilitation
Key Processes in Group Facilitation
- analyzing an issue and a problem
- problem analysis stairstep method
- analyzing a decision
- action research and planning
- components of an effective meeting
Ideas and Tips in Facilitation
- facilitator as listener
- the art of questioning
- the facilitator as behavioural model
- characteristics of effective groups
- managing participation problems
