Meeting and Facilitation Skills
Facilitate groups and meetings to reach joint objectives
Who is it for?
Managers and supervisors who want to develop a more effective and nondirective style in meetings and team situations. Anyone looking to make group situations more effective.
What does it cover?
A course that will give you the skills and techniques required to get the most out of individuals in all group situations as well as formal meetings. This is not a course on chairing meetings per se but about stimulating individuals in focus groups, team development workshops or committees.
What will delegates be able to do differently?
- Understand the psychology of group dynamics
- Have the confidence to handle dominating individuals in a group situation
- Bring out those who don’t contribute in a meeting by understanding why not
- Use a variety of intervention techniques
- Solve problems effectively in groups and meetings
- Win agreement and buy in
Programme overview
- The role of the facilitator
- Make a positive impact in meetings whether you’re chairing or not
- Using communications skills to maximum effect
- Setting the environment
- Understand group dynamics and how behaviours change
- Getting others to present your case
- The ability to stay neutral when necessary
- Interventions that stimulate the process
- Establish ground rules
- Employing problem solving techniques
- Achieving agreement and buy in
Duration and cost
1 day, £1,395 + VAT
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Funding and bundle options
Part funding options are available on this course.
Bundle with Effective delegation skills for just £2,695
Follow on programmes
Effective delegation skills
Professional presentation skills
The art of being brilliant
Creating a happy and productive team
Appraisal interviewing and performance management
Building brilliant teams

