Critical Facilitation Skills for Leaders

Course Overview

An effective leader harnesses the diverse strengths of the team to maximize performance. Successfully mastering critical facilitation skills and applying them deftly can help drive these results. This requires commitment to engage, support, and empower team members as they work together and separately to reach organizational goals. In this course, you will learn how to develop and apply facilitation techniques to support your team at every stage of the team life cycle. You will enhance your interpersonal competencies and observational abilities to deal effectively with disruptions and dysfunctions, and guide groups to reach consensus and achieve results. Download the Course Outline and Information on Post-Class Content.

Who Should Attend

Leaders and professionals who manage teams or groups and are responsible for their outcomes.

Course Objectives

Apply techniques to encourage participation and reach consensus. Utilize facilitative questioning techniques. Recognize indicators to facilitate each stage of the team process. Deal constructively with disruptions and typical problem behavior. Implement interventions appropriately. Plan and run a focused discussion, meeting or event.

Course Outline