Facilitation
When do I want to hire a facilitator?. Two times when this can be useful are:
- When difficult group dynamics have made meetings not function as well as they could.
- When someone who does not have a vested interest in the outcome needs to lead the meeting.
Sometimes it makes sense to have the processes involved in decision making, problem solving, planning; managed by an outsider.
Facilitators will help the group be interactive and participatory, getting the ‘best’ out of participants to find lasting solutions and to develop solid plans. Facilitators have the ability to find what is already inside the participants and get it out into the open where a common solution can be woven of everyone’s contributions.
Facilitation can happen with only a few key people, with larger groups, or with a whole organization.