Make your meetings great again
Facilitation Skills Training Course
Keep your meetings meaningful and on track with effective facilitation skills that drive the right conversations forward
Learn from proven frameworks by experts
Immediate application in real-life scenarios
Group-based learning for teams of all types
You’ve probably sat through one of these ineffective meetings before.
Conversations have no conclusion
Countless hours wasted
Dominant personalities drowning out others
Stakeholder conflict and tension
Frequent miscommunications
Lack of actionable outcomes
Venture Fundraising
Convince Investors
Turn skeptical investors into converts that open their chequebooks.
Internal Pitches
Win Internal Buy-In
Get ideas accepted and decisions made without endless back-and-forth
Venture Fundraising
Convince Investors
Turn skeptical investors into converts that open their chequebooks.
Internal Pitches
Win Internal Buy-In
Get ideas accepted and decisions made without endless back-and-forth
It’s time you made the most
out of every meeting
Poor communication, unclear agendas and a lack of alignment among stakeholders are the top reasons why meetings end up feeling like a waste of precious time. This course empowers executives to plan, lead and manage meetings to ensure that everyone’s time and contributions are maximised.
Outcome-focused discussions
Keep meetings on-track by guiding conversations towards key decisions, actionable outcomes and clear next steps for all participants.
Fair participation
Empower all team members with the space and time to contribute and ensure that their ideas are heard and respected.
Keep stakeholders aligned
Diffuse tension and resolve disagreements through objective and respectful communication
Great discussions are built by great facilitators.
Drive your next discussion forward with these crucial facilitation techniques and skills
Build structured agendas
Set clear meeting plans to keep discussions on track and aligned to larger business goals. Eliminate unncessary banter and lock in essential decisions by the end of every meeting.
Ask solutions-focused questions
Gain useful insights through establishing a clear line of questioning and follow-up responses that get you the outcomes you need.
Resolve stakeholder conflicts
Manage sticky situations and ensure everyone feels heard whenever conflicting views arise through empathy and active listening techniques
Achieve peak productivity with a positive meeting culture.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for employees of all levels who lead regular internal and/or external meetings. Aspiring leaders seeking to manage people and drive crucial conversations are also well suited.
How do learners benefit?
Learners will pick up repeatable and easily applicable methodologies for outlining and maintaining the flow of a meeting, as well as deepening insights gained from the discussion. You will learn strategies to keep stakeholders engaged and participative, while confronting expected and unexpected objections in an empathetic and open-minded way.
Learning Outcomes
- Drive discussions towards key outcomes and action items
- Craft purposeful questions to incite insights needed
- Empower all stakeholders to speak their minds
- Manage conflicting views to agree on solutions
- Get stakeholders back on track when discussions go wayward
- Summarise key takeaways to ensure meeting goals are reached
Where can I apply facilitation skills?
Facilitation skills are not just meant for formal meetings – they can also used to make client meetings, internal boardroom discussions and even general group huddles more productive and fulfilling.
What will I learn in this facilitation skills course?
You will learn how to effectively ask questions, set objectives and balance between being a meeting guide and leader to ensure meeting participants feel heard and contribute meaningfully to the ongoing discussion.
What formats are available?
The workshop is available in a variety of formats from 2-hours, half-day, 1-day and 2-day. Depending on the size of the cohort and depth of learning and application required, we’ll recommend accordingly.
Who should attend the workshop?
We often recommend this course to staff within the same team so ensure that the examples shared can be customised to reflect their real-world work situations for easy application after the workshop.
What if I need specific help beyond the scope of this workshop?
Our programs are partially customised to meet client needs. However, if you find challenges that require focused help, we highly recommend considering working with our instructors for one-to-one coaching.