Book description
Facilitating with Ease!
Since the publication of the first edition of Facilitating with Ease!
in 2000, this bestselling book has become the "go-to"
reference for anyone who wants to become skilled in the art of
facilitation. This thoroughly revised and updated third edition
includes easy-to-follow instructions, techniques, and hands-on tools
that are available both in the book and on the accompanying website:
www. josseybass. com/go/ingridbens.
Facilitating with Ease! offers the basics on running productive
meetings with confidence and includes the information needed to train
others to become skilled facilitators as well. Filled with dozens of
exercises, surveys, and checklists that can be used to transform
anyone into an effective facilitator, this revised editioncovers new
topics such as:
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Why and when leaders should facilitate and how to manage
neutrality
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Diversity, globalization, new technologies, and employee
engagement
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When leaders should facilitate and when others should do
it
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Sharing facilitation with others
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This new edition also includes meeting design template,
surveys, and questionnaires
Praise for Facilitating with Ease!
"Facilitating With Ease! provides clear and effective guidelines
for group facilitation. In China we are using this book to help
organizations develop facilitative leaders who can successfully invoke
the spirit of cooperation and team synergy."Â-Ren Wei,
professional facilitator, X'ian, China
"Facilitating With Ease! helps beginners as well as experienced
facilitators find their way among different aspects of facilitation.
Easy to understand, this book provides insight into the principles of
facilitation and examples of practical applications for concrete
situations."Â-Sieglinde Hinger, Siemens Corporation, Austria
"Facilitating with Ease! is the fundamental read if you want to
be an effective facilitator. We refer to it all the time and consider
it a core competency for our consultants."Â-Ian Madell, managing
director, LEVEL5 Branded Business Advisors, Toronto, Canada
"If you're only going to buy one book on facilitation, this is
the one to buy! That's what we tell the managers, consultants and
facilitators who attend our facilitation training programs. It's a
gold mine of ideas, resources and practical tools."Â-Ronnie
McEwan, director, Kinharvie Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
"I have been using Ingrid's materials for many years and find
her books to be far above everything else out there. This latest
revision builds on what was already great and will surely increase the
effectiveness of any practitioner."Â-Mark Vilbert, program
leader, Boeing Leadership Center
This book includes professional content that can beaccessed from our
Web site when you register at
www. josseybass. com/go/ingridbens using the password professional.
Ingrid Bens is a consultant and trainer whose special areas of
expertise are facilitation skills, team building, conflict management,
and employee and organizational change. Bens is the founder of both
Participative Dynamics, a consulting firm located in Sarasota,
Florida, and Facilitation Tutor, an on-line learning portal.
