Learn to Facilitate

I teach a very special workshop on how to facilitate Action Research Meetings. My target audience has been Human Resource Generalists. Many organization leaders have also taken the workshop to improve their ability to build teams and lead collaboratively. The results have been phenomenal – beyond my wildest expectations. I have delivered the workshop over 100 times now in the past 20 years. Many of the people who first attended have received “big” promotions since attending the workshop. These same people have felt that what they learned contributed to their ability to read groups, collaborate effectively, see reality, raise tough issues, and work critical data in the moment. A number of them have credited their learning from the workshop with helping their rise within their respective organizations.

Over the years I have received many letters and notes telling me about how they have applied yet another thing they learned from the workshop. I find all of this extremely encouraging and fun. What could be better than teaching something I love,  and have it succeed! And if I take a step back and try to see reality myself, I find that the skills I have mentioned above are so critical for today. Have we ever needed to work more closely with each other than today? Is their a greater need than to appreciate our co-workers and to create warm, lasting, strong, vibrant relationships with them. It’s not about tips, or lists, or best practices, or any other corporate speak designed to create an uptick in the short term. There is simply no wealth without work. This work is about going deeper, becoming real, reaching out, finding your own voice, and choosing to grow.

If you find yourself nodding yes, to any of this,  you just might be a candidate for this workshop.