Art Of Facilitation
Journey from acquiring facilitation skills to "Being Facilitative".
Preamble :
Facilitation and assessment is a combination of being and doing. It is about Experimenting
with Observation, Intuition and Going beyond the words to engage at a deeper level
to peel the layers that exist at self, interpersonal and group levels. One can enhance
one's effectiveness as a facilitative person through intentional practice of the
Core Skills supported by additional skills.
(Ref. Table below).
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Core Skills
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Additional Skills
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Reading the Group Energy
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Managing Judgments
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Brainstorming
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Holding Silence
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Asking Empowering Questions
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Tracking Content and Processes in the group
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Challenging
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Establishing Accountability
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Expressing Vulnerability
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Articulating–the said and unsaid
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Listening Empathically
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Holding Space
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Synthesizing
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Intuiting
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Choosing Curiosity
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Identifying Group Agenda
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Embracing Polarities
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Creating Trust
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Discovering Wisdom
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Metaphor Making
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Acknowledging
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Focusing
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Moving into Action
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"Carefronting"
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Self Managing
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Observing
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Interrupting
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Visioning
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Reflecting
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The likely outcomes of the program :
- Practice developmental facilitation
- Develop facilitator presence-Deepening one's awareness of how am
I being and what am I doing that is being facilitative?
- Learning to manage Conversations / Meetings in real time and in
virtual space
- Discovering preferred Facilitation style and Learning New Facilitation
Styles that are effective
- Learning to manage and facilitate difficult conversations
- Creating Interventions Intentionally
- Build awareness of group dynamics especially around the Power and
Authority dimensions
Methodology :
Practice is the main-stay of adult learning. Interventions created by Resonate are
expected to create deeper impact on learning in the here and now. These interventions
open possibilities of experimenting with new ways of facilitating various organizational
processes at self, interpersonal and team level. This will equip the organization
to stretch itself, take on extraordinary challenges and build the capacity to respond
to transformational change on an ongoing basis. We will use appropriate behavioural
questionnaires which will be used to provide feedback to the participants. In addition,
some simulations will be used to create learning through active experimentation.
Duration :
3 days – Residential / non-residential program.