Programs / Workshops

A dynamic workshop experience

Our workshops are filled with engaging exercises that provide a rigorous and compassionate method for more effective facilitation and consultation, based on Roger Schwarz's Skilled Facilitator Nine-Step Problem Solving Model.

The Skills We Build

Interpersonal and basic facilitation skills

Every workshop develops the same core toolkit, practiced until it holds up in real conversations.

Diagram of six facilitation skills: listening, language and communication, using feedback, questioning, conflict handling, and facilitation excellence
Participants Will Learn

How would you describe your workplace culture?

  Strategies and techniques to address specific challenges faced when facilitating groups

  How mindset can create the very situations you're trying to avoid: mistrust, defensiveness, poor problem solving, limited group learning

  How the roles of facilitator, leader, consultant, coach, and trainer are similar and different, and when each is appropriate

  How to identify and navigate situations where groups ask you to act inconsistently with your role

  How to contract for a solid working relationship and avoid problems that reduce your ability to help the group

  How to diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of groups

  How to intervene in a group to improve its process: what to say, how to say it, when, to whom, and why

What's Included

Instructor-guided, real-world practice

  • Review of the core principles of the Skilled Facilitator approach, with practical examples of how to apply them
  • Specific guidance applying this values-based approach to improve group performance, working relationships, and individual well-being
Who Should Attend

Built for facilitators, consultants, and team leaders

  • Helps teams achieve higher-quality decisions
  • Helps teams achieve greater innovation
  • Helps teams achieve greater commitment and accountability
  • Helps teams achieve increased trust and reduced defensiveness
  • Helps teams achieve increased motivation
Formats & Pricing

Flexible formats for any organization

Half-Day

4-hour intensive session

Full-Day

A complete, immersive training day

Multi-Day

Extended programs for deeper skill-building

Prices start at $250 per day, based on number of participants, location, and needs.

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