Overview

Group working is an essential part of organisational life and its effectiveness is often dependent on the facilitator running them. As a facilitator, you will help a group to share their knowledge, explore issues, generate ideas, solve problems and develop outcomes.

Our Practical Facilitation Skills Course is a comprehensive and real-world course aimed at enabling participants to understand the skills required in the role of facilitator. With group practice sessions you will learn to understand group dynamics, how to pre-plan and be flexible “in the moment”. You will gain an understanding of the facilitation skills that you need to use to enable groups to work together to achieve their goals.

Who is this course for?

This course is aimed at:

Line managers who want to enable their teams to be more productive and effective
HR, OD or L&D professionals or change agents who want to become more effective with groups to get results, drive change and improve delivery

You will gain a comprehensive understanding of facilitation skills in practice
You will build an awareness of multiple approaches to facilitation skills
You will be able to plan and deliver a facilitation session
You will be confident to skillfully and knowledgeably intervene in difficult situations

Organisations need effective facilitation to harness the productivity of groups, enabling them to focus and achieve their common purpose. As a result of this course, participants will have greater confidence and impact as a facilitator of groups. They will be able to overcome difficulties within a group to ensure that conversations are not derailed by conflict, politics or power dynamics

Course Outline

Two-day face-to-face or three-half-day virtual course that covers the skills and knowledge you require to be an effective facilitator
This course is highly practical using real examples and academic models
The course cohort will act as your group allowing for quick peer feedback from practice sessions. Helping you understand your impact and giving you the opportunity to practise your methods and approaches in a supportive learning environment

Practical Facilitation Skills Course Diagram

Venue for Face-to-Face Courses

All face-to-face courses are held at Roffey Park’s purpose-built venue which is set in 40 acres of rural Sussex Countryside just five minutes from the M23 and 20 minutes from London Gatwick Airport & Crawley, 10 minutes from Horsham.

Dates

All Virtual half-day sessions start at 9:00 UK time

Face-to-Face : April 2023

19 – 20 April 2023

Virtual : June 2023

12 June 2023
13 June 2023
14 June 2023

Face-to-Face : September 2023

21 – 22 September 2023

Virtual : November 2023

13 November 2023
14 November 2023
15 November 2023

Fees

Face-to-Face	Virtual
£1409*	£1120* S$2080* €1310*

*The price is net of any chargeable VAT or GST.
Face-to-Face course fees include accommodation, meals and materials.
We offer a limited number of discounted places to registered charities. Please contact our client services to find out more.

We can also deliver the Practical Facilitation Skills Course as either an in-house programme for teams or as part of a wider, tailored development programme. For more information please contact us.