Expert facilitation guides people towards cohesive goals and powerful outcomes

 

Need an expert facilitator to guide your group to a critical decision?

 

When it comes to decisions and agreements, organisations, committees, teams and boards all face the same challenge. How do you reach a successful group decision?

  Poor group decisions can be catastrophic:

  The consequences of a poor group decision can be catastrophic and lasting:

 

•   Undefined direction
•   Destruction of morale
•   Low motivation to perform
•   Loss of key staff and talent
•   Failure to consider critical factors

  These effects can compound for years and lead to disastrous outcomes for an organisation.

  Successful group decisions can be extremely challenging to reach

  Impossible?

  Reaching a cohesive group decision with “buy-in” from all stakeholders can appear impossible.

  But when the stakes are high, you must find a way to reach the right decision. This is when you need an expert, independent facilitator.

 

   An independent facilitator can guide you to a successful outcome when: 

•   Restructuring or transformation needs to take place
•   Major decisions need to be locked in
•   You have an idea and need stakeholder “buy-in”
•   You need to allocate or reallocate roles and responsibilities
•   New teams and units are being created
•   Your organisation’s vision needs to be clarified
•   Strategic priorities need to be decided on
•   You need to undertake strategic planning
•   Complex collaboration is required

    It is ideal for strategic business planning, team development, consensus building on important issues, delicate negotiations and any other situation where a result needs to be facilitated.

  How to reach a positive outcome

  Brave Leadership uses the principles of inclusion, validation, shared understanding, mutual respect, full participation, dialogue and shared responsibility to reach the best-possible outcome efficiently through a facilitated meeting or  workshop.

Advantages of an expert facilitator

 

An independent facilitator gives you the essential advantages of:

 

 Being independent and able to cut through the politics and personal agendas

 Maintaining a clear focus on important issues/s

 Speeding up the decision-making process”

 Speeding up the “buy-in” process

 Ensuring everyone’s views are heard, validated and discussed free of personal bias

 Precisely identifying and resolving issues, objections and conflicts

 

How it works

 

To understand the challenge:

•  We have a few scoping conversations and possibly a 1-2 hour meeting
•  We review any relevant documents to understand the details behind the challenge

  On the day:

   

  •  We walk in with a very clear idea of where we need to be by the afternoon
  •  We ensure everyone understands this
  •  We use time as a lever for managing the room
  •  We keep the discussion well-structured and on track
  •  We move the room towards an agreed outcome

   

  After the day:

   

  We can write a brief summary or informal report, but this is not normally required.

   

  Are you ready to reach a strong, cohesive outcome?

   

  If you’d like to discuss your challenges with an expert facilitator, please call or e-mail Virginia Baker Woolf.

   Virginia Baker Woolf To find out more about how an external facilitator could drive outcomes, discuss your own topic or to schedule a presentation, contact Virginia Baker Woolf.