Facilitation’s Post

Facilitation is more than just guiding a community, team or meeting - it's about creating an environment where diverse perspectives can thrive and innovative solutions can emerge. Facilitation is an art. It requires maintaining a good pace of interaction, gathering everyone into the discussion, asking probing questions, summarizing others’ input, highlighting agreements, encouraging differences of opinion, and assisting with consensus building. It moves a community from divergent thinking (creating many unique ideas) to convergent thinking (forming a group decision). This process prevents discussions from degenerating into critiques and self-interest defense. By establishing ground rules and norms early on, facilitators can help teams navigate conflicts, fostering a culture of respect and collaboration. Read the full blog to learn more about how effective facilitation can elevate your team dynamics and drive innovation: https://lnkd.in/eT3xbRmx #Facilitation #TeamBuilding #Leadership #Innovation

Nice blog post by David Pereira, who shares his insights on how to improve collaboration and productivity in product teams through effective meeting facilitation. In particular, he highlights three essential skills: active listening, asking open-ended questions, and reading the room. It's a nice reminder for anyone in a leadership role—not just product managers. https://lnkd.in/e_dyxADr #Leadership #ProductManagement #Facilitation #Innovation

What do these situations have in common as a leader? Running a weekly meeting, chairing a governance group, coordinating a problem-solving brainstorm session with a cross functional team, upskilling a group of people on a particular skill. You’re facilitating. Often overlooked as a leadership skill, group facilitation is not only a super useful capability to develop as a leader, but also something you’re probably doing more often than you think – even if you’re not conscious of it. And when facilitated well, a meeting can boost team dynamics, get better outcomes and improve team decision making and engagement. Group facilitation isn’t something you should leave to chance. Nor should you consider it an afterthought to your leadership practice. Encouraging dialogue, sparking creative thinking, gaining diverse perspectives from everyone in the room and applying the right decision-making approach… these are all signs of capable team facilitation. Facilitating groups of people well toward a common goal is a skill you should put some elbow grease into. In this week’s #FridayFind I share 14 tips for facilitating groups. Work on these and you’ll start to see your team work together more effectively. https://smpl.is/7s3qz

Effective facilitation involves understanding human dynamics and embracing diversity. It's crucial to provide every individual with the opportunity to contribute to discussions. Check out my recent blog post for a new framework on enhancing facilitation skills. Read the full blog at the link below. https://lnkd.in/eSvUmuPx #facilitation #diversity #leadership

Explore how a skilled facilitator enhances team building and leadership 👥. Understand their role in fostering collaboration and navigating challenges for successful outcomes 🚀. Check out the insights here: https://zurl.co/lMxu #TeamBuilding #Leadership #Facilitation

"The point here isn’t to be rigid or controlling about these conversations, but rather to know what you’re doing—which type of conversation you’re having and what type of outcome you’re seeking." A great Fast Company article on #communication - specifically being #intentional about what what kind of #conversation #managers are having with #TeamMembers. I found the construct of three different kinds of conversations - #learning, #design, and #fulfillment - quite useful. Thank you Grayson James - this is good stuff! #leadership #empathy #concise #IntentionalCommunication #management #work #workplace #TeamDynamics #optimization #people #culture

Enhance your leadership skills and drive your team to new heights. Discover proven techniques to create a more collaborative and productive work environment. From managing conflicts to conducting engaging meetings, this comprehensive guide is your roadmap to becoming a master facilitator. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/d4BHfNAx Take your skills further with our "Facilitation Foundation" training course. Learn hands-on methods to transform your meetings and project discussions, ensuring every voice is heard and every session is productive. Enroll now: https://lnkd.in/dEtDAdYU #TeamLeadership #EffectiveFacilitation #ProjectManagement #ProfessionalDevelopment #AdvisedSkills #Collaboration #LeadershipTraining #ContinuousImprovement

In this fourth post of High-Performance Leadership series, Victor Ortiz will continue the introduction of a collaboration process toolbox that you will use every day, every time you meet with someone, a group, a team, etc., to eliminate “process blindness” and unlock the power of collaboration. Read the article to learn more. #leanconstruction #leadership

The Nine Elements of Transformative Facilitation: Each of the nine elements of the Conversation OS, can be seen as a question, a way of looking at a conversation from all angles. As a facilitator and leader, mastering and shifting these elements is your job, based on your intentions and vision. I’ve used the OS Canvas to map the current or future desired state of conversations of all shapes and sizes. Below is a quick outline of the 9 elements and how they apply to facilitation and leadership. https://lnkd.in/dNj22ATb