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Facilitation Skills Training

2 days - £470 + vat

Facilitation is fast becoming a key skill for anyone who is in a team, leading a project team, heading up a working group or managing a department.

Facilitation is the skill, and art of guiding others to solve their own problems and achieve their objectives without simply giving advice or offering solutions. A facilitator provides the structure and process – enabling groups to function effectively and make high-quality decisions.

This two day Facilitation training course is highly participative and designed to help delegates achieve a practical understanding of the process and skills of facilitation.

Delegates on this facilitation course will receive a ‘Facilitator’s Toolkit’ containing a range of powerful techniques they can utilise back at work.

The Facilitators Toolkit Training Course Objectives

As a result of completing this facilitation course, delegates will:

• Appreciate the benefits and applications of facilitation in the workplace.
• Be able to differentiate between process and content facilitation.
• Identify the core practices and skills required for effective facilitation.
• Understand how to stimulate group participation and positively handle conflict.
• Consider the uses of a range of techniques contained within the ‘Toolkit’.
• Develop their facilitation skills through ‘live’ practice sessions

The Facilitators Toolkit Training Course Content

• What is Facilitation?
• Facilitator’s Blueprint – Core Practices & Skills
• Creating Group Participation
• Facilitating Conflict
• Facilitating Problem-solving
• The Facilitator’s Toolkit
• Skills Practice

This facilitation course will be beneficial for those who:

• Attend or lead a variety of meetings, including team / project meetings and working groups.
• Wish to become more effective at guiding people to solve problems and make decisions.
• Need to help teams overcome their blockages whilst achieving ‘buy-in’ and commitment to future actions.
• Want to develop their interpersonal skills when working with others.

What our clients think of our facilitation training

"We all found the Facilitating Focus Groups course very interesting and informative. Helen is an excellent facilitator and she made every effort to tailor and deliver the training in a manner which meets our team’s specific needs. I look forward to working with you again in the future."

Maria Varbeva-Daley – BSI Global

The Facilitators Toolkit Course Recommended Reading

Understanding Facilitation: Theory and Principle - Christine Hogan – buy from amazon

Download course outline as pdf.

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