Detailed Description of The Facilitative Leader Workshop
“I expected skills as a facilitator. I didn't expect such a revolutionary way to deal with myself. It did boost my facilitation skills in an amazing way - there's no question about that - but it also made me more effective in dealing with people in general.”
Whether in one-on-one, group or organizational settings, you'll lead in the following ways if you implement your learning from our Facilitative Leader workshop:
You'll be more Transparent
When you implement your learning, you'll share your reasoning and intent underlying your statements, questions and actions, and your actions will match what you say much more closely than they did before. You'll invite others to do the same. This reduces the need for people to make assumptions about what you say and do, which increases trust. It also helps you and your colleagues make more informed decisions about how to move forward.
You'll be more Curious
When you implement your learning, you'll be more genuinely curious about how others are thinking about issues, especially when others seem to have different or irrational points of view on these issues. You'll seek to understand others points of view to their satisfaction. You'll invite others to be more curious as well. This creates learning and trust, and reduces defensiveness, particularly in difficult circumstances.
You'll have more Compassion
When you implement your learning, you'll develop a greater concern for the good of others and yourself. You'll blame and judge less, and seek to appreciate and help more. You'll invite others to do the same. This allows you to involve and energize others in seeking solutions to existing challenges, which improves your and their organization's performance.
You'll be more Accountable
When you implement your learning, you'll hold yourself and others accountable for their actions. You'll make commitments to improve your effectiveness, and actively seek feedback as to your progress. You'll invite others to do the same. You'll also hold yourself accountable for your thoughts; if they are relevant, you'll work to share them, even if it's difficult to do so. This makes it much more likely that you will improve as a leader over time.
“The Skilled Facilitator poster hangs in my office and the expressed tenets have been key to not just facilitation, but to my entire management approach. Sometime I'll have to fill you in…on the changes across so many areas of life your core approach brought about. I now have people who work with me who have left my program for higher paying jobs and called me some number of weeks later to ask if they could come back; who have said they'd work on whatever team I put together, it didn't matter "what" we were doing. For a 'manager,' that's damn near the highest praise you can receive. ”
You'll be more Committed
When you implement your learning, you'll be more internally committed to your actions, and seek solutions that leave others feeling the same way. You'll actively explore your and others reservations and concerns on any given issue, and work to avoid manipulation and coercion. This helps you and others achieve lasting results that wouldn't be possible without the support and creativity of all involved.
This style of leadership is infectious; even those that have not worked with us directly can see its benefits, and begin to try to apply it themselves, while inviting feedback and support from others. In this way, you'll begin to independently develop your group or organization's leadership capacity; you'll improve your organization's performance as a result.
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