Facilitator Excellence, Handbook : Helping People Work Creatively and Productively Together

Book Description
Today's organizations are using teams to carry out tasks and solve problems. To get the job done, your managers and team leaders need to communicate and cooperate. Facilitation is the skill that saves the day! This workshop shows your employees how to become effective facilitators, and great facilitators promote employee commitment and satisfaction, and augment team performance and problem solving. The Instructor's Guide includes everything you need to conduct a facilitation workshop: simulations, discussion resources, and more. The flexible workshop is organized around practical problems, so participants never lose sight of the job.The Handbook reinforces key workshop concepts, details key facilitation methods, offers step-by-step instructions for facilitating meetings, and much more. Numerous checklists and forms enable quick implementation.Remember, the Handbook is an essential tool even for professionals who haven't participated in a Facilitator Excellence workshop. This stand-alone facilitation reference is a gold mine of tips and tools.The Profile assesses facilitators' abilities and suggests areas for improvement. Incorporated into the Facilitator Excellence workshop, this quick assessment is also an effective follow-up tool that ensures ongoing facilitator development. This package helps professionals to: Lead meetings effectivelyOrganize team activitiesObtain project supportFind solutions to problemsEstablish harmony among coworkersDeal with customers and clientsSet goals and make decisionsEarn support for initiatives . . . and much more! You'll need one copy of the Instructor's Guide for the trainer, skilled facilitator, or manager who will conduct the workshop. Each participant will need one copy of the Handbook and the Profile.


About the Author
FRAN REES is the owner of Rees & Associates, a consulting firm, and the author of several best-selling Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer publications including How to Lead Work Teams and Teamwork from Start to Finish.


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This Handbook details key facilitation methods, offers you step-by-step instructions for facilitating meetings, and much more. Numerous checklists and forms enable quick implementation. And you don't have to read the Handbook cover to cover: the modular design helps you to consult the chapters you need - when you need them! Group and team members, meeting participants, and organizational change leaders need facilitation skills. Chief executives, managers, and supervisors need facilitation skills. So get your teams organized and energized. Get your meetings back on track.


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