Book description
From Ingrid Bens, the author of the best-selling book
Facilitating with Ease!,
comes the next-step resource for project leaders, managers, community
leaders, teachers, and other facilitators who want to hone their skills
in order to deal with complex situations. Advanced Facilitation Strategies
is a field guide that offers practical strategies and techniques for
working with challenging everyday situations. These proven strategies
and techniques are based on experience gleaned from hundreds of
facilitated activities in organizations of all sizes and in all
sectors.
Both novice and seasoned facilitators who have had
firsthand experience designing and leading meetings will benefit from
this reality-based playbook. Advanced Facilitation Strategies
is filled with the information facilitators need to
- Become better at diagnosing facilitation assignments and
creating effective process designs
- Broaden their repertoire of tools to make impromptu design
changes whenever they are needed
- Learn to be more resilient and confident when dealing with
dysfunctional situations and difficult people.
Ingrid Bens is a consultant, speaker, and trainer
who specializes in facilitation skills, team building, conflict
management, employee participation, and organizational change. She is
a partner in the consulting firm Participative Dynamics.