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Secrets of Facilitation reveals the principles and techniques effective facilitators use to produce amazing results through groups. The author identifies 60 secrets that separate great facilitators from good ones. He then puts you right in the room through his case studies and numerous sample dialogues, so you can see and experience the techniques in action!

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Michael Barrett , Core Team Facilitator

Michael BarrettMr. Barrett is a Certified Professional Facilitator and Core Team Member with Leadership Strategies, Inc.

Michael has over 20 years of facilitation and management experience across a broad base of sectors including Hospitality, Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Health Care, Education and Marketing.  Michael has in-depth experience facilitating sessions with senior level executives, cross-functional teams, clients, vendors/partners and staff in Brainstorming, Strategic Planning and Execution, Executive Retreats and many other High-Stakes facilitation needs.  Michael uses advance planning, intuition and an adaptive style in the sessions he leads.

Earlier in his career, Michael was a Vice President with North Highland Consulting, where he facilitated engagements in the areas of department/division-level planning, analysis and implementation management.  In his role as IT Manager at Georgia-Pacific, he led the vendor selection and transition of services of the end-user computing environment.  In over 9 years at Procter & Gamble, he became well versed in TQM through increasing responsibilities across corporate, divisional and plant-based roles.

His client experience covers a wide range of public and private sector organizations including, Intercontinental Hotels Groups (IHG), Marriott, The Coca-Cola Company, Thompson Publishing, Georgia-Pacific, Mariner Healthcare (now Sava), and over a dozen national and local non-profits. 

Michael is a certified professional facilitator through the International Association of Facilitators and has taught facilitation for both internal and client organizations.

Mr. Barrett received his B.A. from the University of South Florida.