Group Facilitator Skills

We generally think of a group facilitator simply as someone who guides the interaction during a meeting, but in the workplace a group facilitator can do so much more. He or she can have a positive impact with employees in many useful ways. A facilitator can be a coach, a problem-solver, an encourager, and also an effective traffic-director who coordinates the flow of scheduling and work assignments to keep everyone focused and on track.

However, in order to accomplish all this, a group facilitator must have exceptional listening, communication and analytical skills. Our Group Facilitator Skills seminar is a highly interactive learning experience designed to help participants acquire these important skills and refine them to a high level of effectiveness. The class format features a series of videotaped sessions to allow each student to both practice and observe their progress in building the skills they need. Immediate feedback and personal coaching from our expert instructors assures that every participant will return to the job thoroughly prepared to apply these new skills in any situation.

Seminar Objectives:

Participants in the Group Facilitator Skills seminar will learn to:

• Plan, design, organize, implement and continually evaluate work-related processes
• Make meetings more productive and successful
• Build a supportive, exciting team concept on the job
• Understand various behavioral styles and how they effect team dynamics and relationships
• Examine and improve planning, decision-making, risk-taking, problem-solving and communication strategies in ways that will benefit the whole team
• Improve interpersonal communication skills
• Effectively handle conflict
• Develop a culture within your group that encourages teamwork—even in a competitive organizational culture
• Acquire Group Facilitator skills that can be applied in any type of meeting