Facilitation Skills for Leaders

This program is designed for anyone directly engaged in facilitating meetings or other gatherings of people who need to work collectively to achieve results.

• Feel confident in planning and facilitating meetings and discussions, both in person and online
• Build trust, participation and effective meeting outcomes
• Keep group discussions on a focused and productive track
• Foster a collaborative environment
• Increase accountability for ongoing results
• Create a personalized action plan for effective meeting facilitation

Assessing your Facilitation Needs

• Optimizing creative ways to meet and facilitate discussions
• Using facilitation to demonstrate leadership

The Five-Step Model to Facilitation

• Setting a positive climate
• Listening to understand
• Anchoring discussions with a meaningful purpose
• Staying focused, making decisions
• Involving everyone

Facilitating Larger Groups

• Clarifying objectives
• Developing presence by creating your facilitation persona 

Planning and Designing Facilitation Events 

• Managing time while staying flexible 
• Gaining commitment and growth 

Encouraging Participation and Collaboration

• Managing louder voices and drawing out quieter ones 
• Inclusivity and cross-cultural communication

Strategic Facilitation 

• Using influence and persuasion to up your game 
• Designing Your individualized facilitation plan

Special features

You will gain hands-on experience by engaging in targeted skill-building exercises, and receive feedback from the program leader.

For financial assistance opportunities, please refer to Financial Assistance, Scholarships and Team Rates .