Advanced Facilitation Skills

Description

Ready to build on the skills you developed in our Effective Facilitator course? Advanced Facilitation Skills is designed for experienced facilitators and leaders who want to strengthen their techniques, navigate complex group dynamics, and achieve exceptional results.

Through targeted practice, advanced techniques, and personalized expert feedback, you'll assess your current facilitation abilities, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop the confidence to handle increasingly challenging facilitation situations.

This course is ideal for:

This course is designed for graduates of the Effective Facilitator program who are actively applying their facilitation skills and are ready to advance their expertise. It is particularly valuable for experienced facilitators, team leaders, managers, and professionals responsible for guiding groups toward meaningful outcomes.

Whether you're improving business processes, establishing strategic direction, facilitating complex discussions, or leading teams toward action, this program provides practical tools to help you achieve greater results.

Prerequisites

This course is exclusively designed for graduates of The Effective Facilitator

What you'll learn:

This advanced training builds on your existing facilitation foundation and introduces powerful techniques to help you:

• Advance Your Facilitation Skills: Explore the three distinct levels of facilitator development and identify the skills needed to progress.
• Adapt to Different Communication Styles: Apply the DISC model to recognize participant communication preferences and adjust your facilitation approach.
• Master Advanced Questioning Techniques: Ask strategic questions that encourage participation, uncover insights, and move discussions forward.
• Facilitate on the Fly: Develop the confidence and flexibility to facilitate effectively, even when you have little or no time to prepare.
• Navigate Challenging Group Dynamics: Strengthen your ability to manage disagreements, maintain productive discussions, and maximize group engagement.
• Expand Your Professional Opportunities: Explore strategies for positioning and offering your professional facilitation services.

Why Take This Course

This course is designed to help you take your facilitation skills to the next level. We help you identify your facilitation skill level and isolate the areas for focus during the course. We then give you substantial opportunities for need-specific practice, where you are able to facilitate and incorporate feedback during intensive practice sessions. Whether you are looking to enhance your probing skills, obtain better control of discussions, explore techniques for engaging participants, develop confidence in handling disagreements, or maximize interactions, this course ensures that you move to the next level in facilitation!

Course Objectives

Build Confidence Through Practice

Leadership Strategies' Advanced Facilitation Skills course combines hands-on practice, advanced facilitation techniques, and expert feedback to accelerate your professional development.

You'll leave with greater confidence, an expanded facilitation toolkit, and the ability to adapt your approach to a wider range of situations, helping you facilitate more effectively and deliver lasting results for your organization.