{"id":1652,"date":"2013-12-12T04:29:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T09:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facilitativeleadership.wordpress.com\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:55:27","slug":"facilitator-typologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/facilitator-typologies\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Facilitator Typologies to Avoid (Humorous, Although Uncannily Real)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a quick and somewhat humorous listing of fourteen different facilitator typologies or \u201cpersonalities\u201d you might seek to avoid. Our favorite is \u201cThe Pretender.\u201d<\/h2>\n
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14 Facilitator Types<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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The \u201cI Can\u2019t Hear You\u201d Guy<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator refuses to listen, probably because they are too busy analyzing, judging, and processing information.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Blabber<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator who loves the sound of his or her own voice, and actually believes they are adding value when speaking about content rather than context.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Centerpiece<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator makes him or her the real content of the workshop because, of course, it\u2019s all about them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Drill Sergeant<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator is rigidly stuck on the agenda and puts the clock above quality content.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator makes certain that all conversation goes through him or her and not from participant to participant, so as not to lose control.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ice Cube<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The distant and aloof facilitator is unwilling to personalize the experience, sometimes becoming accusatory.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Know-it-all<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator always has the answer. The know-it-all who can\u2019t say \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Marathon Man<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator piles activities on top of one another, doesn\u2019t allow for breaks, and ignores the need for groups to pause, reflect, and absorb topics and ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Molasses Man<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator is painfully slow and doesn\u2019t have an innate feel for pacing, variety, or style.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Parrot<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator relentlessly recaps information, restates ideas, and summarizes the obvious (although sometimes justifiable for groups that are challenged to focus and \u201cbe here now.\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n

The Passenger<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator lets people talk too long and gives up the reins of facilitation to whoever is speaking at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pretender<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator doesn\u2019t ask real questions but only \u201cpretense questions\u201d that are really designed to give the facilitator an excuse to pontificate.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Storyteller<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator tells far too many cutesy stories or \u201cwar stories\u201d and never gets deep into the content.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Tunnel Driver<\/b>\u2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

The facilitator who keeps doing the same thing or uses the same method hour after hour.<\/span><\/p>\n

______<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Don\u2019t ruin your career by hosting bad meetings<\/a>. Sign up for a workshop<\/a> or send this to someone who should. MGRUSH<\/span><\/a><\/em> workshops focus on meeting design and practice. Each person practices tools, methods, and activities every day during the week. Therefore, while some call this immersion, we call it the road to building high-value facilitation skills.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a quick and somewhat humorous listing of fourteen different facilitator typologies or \u201cpersonalities\u201d you might seek to avoid. Our favorite is \u201cThe Pretender.\u201d The \u201cI Can\u2019t Hear You\u201d Guy\u2014 The facilitator refuses to listen, probably because they are too busy analyzing, judging, and processing information. The Blabber\u2014 The facilitator who loves the sound […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[453185953],"tags":[453192203,453192201,453192202,453190802],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-managing-conflict","tag-facilitator-approaches","tag-facilitator-style","tag-facilitator-types","tag-facilitator-typologies"],"yoast_head":"\n14 Facilitator Typologies to Avoid (Humorous, But Uncannily Real)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"14 facilitator typologies or \u201cpersonalities\u201d you might seek to avoid. 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