Facilitation Skills

Develop your facilitation skills to lead teams, drive meetings, and manage group dynamics effectively.

At the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Define facilitation and identify its purpose and benefits.
• Clarify the role and focus of a facilitator.
• Differentiate between process and content in the context of a group discussion.
• Provide tips in choosing and preparing for facilitation.
• Identify a facilitator’s role when managing groups in each of Tuckman and Jensen’s stages of group development: forming, storming, norming, and performing.
• Identify ways a facilitator can help a group reach a consensus: from encouraging participation to choosing a solution.
• Provide guidelines in dealing with disruptions, dysfunctions, and difficult people in groups.
• Define what interventions are, when they are appropriate, and how to implement them.

SHRM PDCs: 8

Intended Audience: All