Facilitation for Leaders

Facilitation for Leaders (online course)

Facilitation is increasingly recognised as one of the most powerful tools a leader has. Done well, it transforms how teams think, work and move forward together, creating the conditions for empowerment, motivation and real momentum, without the leader having to drive every bit of the effort.

You're already using it. Every team session, every away day, every meeting where something important needs to happen, that's facilitation. Most leaders have never been taught to do it well. It's one of those skills that's expected but rarely taught.

If you've ever felt any of these in the room, this course was built for you:

• You leave team sessions feeling like you did all the work, and the team just turned up

• You worry about keeping people engaged, especially the quiet ones and the cynics

• You've run away days that felt fine on the day, but nothing changed afterwards

• You're not sure how to structure a session so it actually goes somewhere

• You wing it more than you'd like to admit, and hope for the best

This 4-week course will teach you how to design and deliver impactful group session that empower teams.

Session 1: You will learn to define the starting problem, purpose, and intended outcomes of a group session as the foundation for everything you design towards, so that you can design every session from a strong base, so that the structure flows and the outcome lands.

Session 2: You will learn to design a session structure that focuses a group on what matters and guides them progressively towards the outcome, so that you can move from driving the work to creating the conditions for your team to lead it.

Session 3: You will learn to understand participants' energy and contribution patterns so that you can shape your design and facilitation choices to keep engagement and momentum, so that you can read the room with confidence and adapt in the moment rather than losing the group.

Session 4: You will learn to deliver a session that recognises and responds to critical moments, whether conflict, difficulty, or natural momentum, so the group makes the most of them and still reaches the outcome you designed towards, so that you can leave every session knowing your team are energised to continue the work.

Key course takeaways:

• A framework for designing a group session from scratch

• A set of facilitation tools and techniques to use straight away

• A personal session design worked on during the course

• A WhatsApp community group for peer support after the course

• A 1:1 follow-up session with Sarah, included in the cost, to support your individual facilitation needs, to be used within three months of the course ending

Course Logistics:

4 sessions on the following dates: Thursday 11th June; Thursday 18th June; Thursday 25th June; Thursday 2nd July.

Each session will run from 10am for 2 hours until 12pm.

The sessions will be run using Microsoft Teams, and you will be sent the link for each session prior to it starting. You do not need a Teams licence to join the sessions, but you will need access to:

• A computer or laptop with access to the Internet
• Microphone & speakers or a headset
• A webcam so we can see each other
• A quiet space to concentrate and participate (or as quiet as you can get, we understand life happens!)
• A notebook and space to write/draw