Facilitation Skills Articles

12 Critical Facilitation Do’s and Don’ts to Lead Successful Meetings and Workshops

Our readers and students have clamored for a quick-reference checklist of the most important facilitation Do’s and Don’ts. Therefore, we bring you this brief, yet powerful, set of reminders below...

Critical Questions to Answer with the Business Model Canvas

The Business Model Canvas was created by Alexander Osterwalder, of Strategyzer®. The canvas provides a one-page primer and template for analysis. Questions and points of view are detailed below.[1]...

How Structured Facilitation Training Can Save Your Arse and Boost Your Career

Structured meetings and workshops positively impact organizations and stakeholders--even permeating cultures. Here are a few straightforward benefits of facilitation training that support structured...

Scope Creep Kills Projects – It Begins in Poorly Facilitated Meetings

Have you ever heard someone say in a meeting “I don’t know why we’re doing this project in the first place?” Odds are, the meeting is being held to advance the project, not re-validate it. The...

Ingredients on How To Rescue a Bad Meeting

Nov 7, 2019 | Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

Meetings are necessary. But not all meetings are good. To be more precise, not all meetings are run well. But how can...

Facilitator Training 101: Four Required Roles Supporting Effective Facilitation

Sep 12, 2019 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Support

We all have skills to perform many roles in life, such as switching quickly between parent and child when attending a...

STOP! Were We Even In The Same Meeting?

Aug 12, 2019 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

Daniel Pink’s newest research proves that the end of a meeting is more important than the beginning. Endings...

Facilitating ‘Genetic’ Differences: Similar Values with Different Priorities

Communication Skills, Decision Making, Prioritizing

Most meeting participants embrace a set of similar values with different priorities. The difference lies in their...

The FUD Factor: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt Amplify Fear, but People Change Anyway

Managing Conflict, Meeting Support

Paradigms Paradigms are established accepted norms, patterns of behavior, or a shared set of assumptions. Shaking them...

The Way People Think Affects How You Intervene to Build Consensus

Managing Conflict, Meeting Support

Differences -- People think differently. As session leader, you empower participants and their ability to understand...

Three Types of Persuasion for Individuals to Embrace Organizational Goals

Communication Skills, Meeting Support

Meeting and workshop participants by definition ought to be participatory. To get and stay involved, subject matter...

Facilitating Cultural Shift from Group Orientation to Shared Project Team Values

Communication Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Support

We have argued for years that unclear speaking (or writing) is indicative of unclear thinking and will impact shared...

Beware of the Overconfidence Effect With Subject Matter Experts and be Prepared to Challenge

Communication Skills, Leadership Skills

You and I have been victims of numerous false, urban legends. So please beware of the overconfidence effect among...

It Is NOT What is in it for me? Rather, What do you need or want from me?

Facilitation Skills, Meeting Support

Meeting participant preparation differs high-performance groups from normal or underperforming groups. Many people...

A Metaphor is Worth a Thousand Pictures: Explained Via Analogy

Analysis Methods, Communication Skills

In the role of facilitator, you will discover a lot of power by using metaphors or analogies to explain your method....

14 Facilitator Typologies to Avoid (Humorous, Although Uncannily Real)

Managing Conflict

Here is a quick and somewhat humorous listing of fourteen different facilitator typologies or “personalities” you...

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