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Advanced Facilitation Strategies
Tools and Techniques to Master Difficult Situations
Taschenbuch von Ingrid Bens
Sprache: Englisch

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Advanced Facilitation Strategies

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

This book includes techniques for dealing with dilemmas in facilitation, shows how to maintain neutrality in various situations, and reveals how to work effectively with group leaders. Bens outlines six common decision quandaries and offers tips on how advanced facilitators resolve them. She suggests various tools that can be used to intervene in group conflicts in order to put participants back on track. The author also outlines five steps for managing complex situations-assessment, design, contracting, implementation, and follow-up-and shows how to implement each step to maximize effectiveness.

Advanced Facilitation Strategies, with an accompanying CD-Rom, is a valuable toolkit filled with customizable instruments, charts, tools, checklists, references, and guides for all practitioners.

Praise for Ingrid Bens's Facilitating with Ease!

"Facilitating with Ease! is a gold mine of tools, tips, and wisdom, useful for both novices and experts. In a world where everyone must facilitate or fall behind, this guide will help you stay ahead!"
-Jim Gannon, senior vice president of human resources development, Royal Bank Financial Group

"Facilitating with Ease! is a must-have resource. I've been in OD for fifteen years and this is one of my 'go-to' books."
-Rob Mullins, senior training consultant, The Boeing Company

"Facilitating with Ease! is so thorough and so well organized, we've made it the centerpiece of our facilitator training program."
-Karen H. Wunderlin, president, Wunderlin Consulting
Advanced Facilitation Strategies

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

This book includes techniques for dealing with dilemmas in facilitation, shows how to maintain neutrality in various situations, and reveals how to work effectively with group leaders. Bens outlines six common decision quandaries and offers tips on how advanced facilitators resolve them. She suggests various tools that can be used to intervene in group conflicts in order to put participants back on track. The author also outlines five steps for managing complex situations-assessment, design, contracting, implementation, and follow-up-and shows how to implement each step to maximize effectiveness.

Advanced Facilitation Strategies, with an accompanying CD-Rom, is a valuable toolkit filled with customizable instruments, charts, tools, checklists, references, and guides for all practitioners.

Praise for Ingrid Bens's Facilitating with Ease!

"Facilitating with Ease! is a gold mine of tools, tips, and wisdom, useful for both novices and experts. In a world where everyone must facilitate or fall behind, this guide will help you stay ahead!"
-Jim Gannon, senior vice president of human resources development, Royal Bank Financial Group

"Facilitating with Ease! is a must-have resource. I've been in OD for fifteen years and this is one of my 'go-to' books."
-Rob Mullins, senior training consultant, The Boeing Company

"Facilitating with Ease! is so thorough and so well organized, we've made it the centerpiece of our facilitator training program."
-Karen H. Wunderlin, president, Wunderlin Consulting
Über den Autor
Ingrid Bens is a Certified Professional Facilitator with over 25 years experience as a freelance consultant in both the private and the public sectors. She is the author of several best selling books on facilitation and the only validated certification test for facilitators.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction xi

1 - Advanced Strategies Overview 1

Your Personal Philosophy of Facilitation 3

The Three Levels of Competence 5

Where Are You Now?-Self-Assessment 7

The Power of Your Presence 13

Personal Projection Assessment 14

What is O.D.? 16

Working as a Consultant 17

Two Forms of Consulting 18

Expanding Your Power Base 19

Gaining the Authority to Facilitate 22

Losing the Facilitator Role 23

Maintaining and Regaining the Role 25

The Two Types of Interventions 27

Deepening Your Process Responses 28

Managing the Role of Leaders 31

When the Boss is in the Room 32

Enhancing Your Questioning Skills 34

Asking Complex, High Quality Questions 36

Advanced Facilitation in Action 38

Advanced Skills Observation Sheet 39

Debriefing Your Experience 40

The Five Rules of Facilitation 41

2 - The Complexities of Decision Making 45

Shifting Group Focus from "What" to "How" 47

Decision Dilemma #1 - Lack of Clarity About Whether the Group 48

Is Making Decisions

Decision Dilemma #2 - Lack of Clarity About Empowerment 53

Decision Dilemma #3 - Confusion About Which Decision-Making Method to Use 55

Decision Dilemma #4 - Use of Positional Processes 57

Decision Dilemma #5 - The Presence of Group Think 59

Decision Dilemma #6 - Lack of Techniques to Overcome Blocks to Agreement 61

Decision Dilemmas Summary Chart 63

More on Decision-Making Options 64

More on Compromise 64

Overcoming Problems with Compromise 65

More on Majority Voting 66

Overcoming Problems with Majority Voting 66

More on Multivoting 67

Overcoming Problems with Multivoting 68

More on Consensus Building 69

Comparing Consensus and Consensus Building 70

Overview of the Consensus-Building Process 71

Overcoming Problems with Consensus Building 72

Tools Overview 73

The Decision-Making Roadmap 74

Decision-Making Checklist 75

Decision Effectiveness Exit Survey Elements 76

Decision Effectiveness Survey 77

3 - Conflict Management Strategies 79

Operating Under Mistaken Assumptions 81

The Importance of Making Interventions 84

Knowing When to Intervene 85

Nine Ways to Intervene 86

The Art of Positive Confrontation 90

Monitor Your Self-Talk 92

When Nothing Works! 93

Conflict Senerios:

1. Role Confusion - What's a facilitator? 94

2. The Personal Attack - Who are you anyway? 96

3. Lack of Authority - You can't facilitate me! 98

4. Unclear Meeting Goal - What's this about? 100

5. Agenda Overload - We're going to discuss all that!?! 102

6. Mistaken Assumptions - Who told you that? 104

7. Hidden Agendas - Wish we were talking about the real issues. 106

8. Resistance and Lack of Buy-in - What's in it for me? 108

9. Resistance to Process - Don't fence us in! 110

10. Lack of Norms - We don't need rules! 112

11. Ignoring Group Norms - Oh those rules! 114

12. The Over-Participant - And furthermore 116

13. The Under-Participant - I have nothing to add! 118

14. The Positional Debate - I'm right; you're wrong! 120

15. The Joker - Aren't I Funny! 122

16. Side-Chatters - Psst, Psst, Psst 124

17. Side-Trackers - On another note 126

18. Blocking - I simply won't support this decision. 128

19. Unresolved Conflicts - This goes way back! 130

20. Cynicism - Why bother! 132

21. Sarcasm - This is typical of you! 134

22. Stuck - Are we still talking about that? 136

23. Conflict Erupts - Let me tell you how I really feel! 138

24. A Member Storms Out - I'm not listening to this! 140

25. Unwilling to Take Responsibility - I'm not doing it! 142

26. Losing Authority - Have I lost you? 144

27. Blocked Consensus - Why can't we agree? 146

28. Lack of Closure - Let's finish this later. 148

29. Lack of Feedback - Let's talk later! 150

30. Lack of Follow-Through - Nothing ever happens! 152

4 - Consulting Strategies for Facilitators 155

Step 1 - Assessment 158

Question Development 160

Sample Assessment Questions 161

Checklist for Conducting Effective Interviews 163

Identifying the Client 164

Data Analysis Worksheet 165

Step 2 - Design 166

Session Design Worksheet 168

Session Design Components 170

Session Design Template 172

Design Checklist 173

Step 3 - Contracting 174

Proposing a Process Design 176

Dealing with Resistance 178

Characteristics of a Strong Contract 179

Sample Letter of Agreement 180

Step 4 - Implementation 182

Starting a Facilitation 184

During a Facilitation 184

Ending a Facilitation 185

Planning for Action 186

Troubleshooting the Action Plans 187

Step 5 - Follow-up 188

Monitoring and Evaluating Results 190

Reporting on Progress 191

Meeting Evaluation Form 192

5 - Essential Processes for Facilitators 193

Strategic Planning 195

Change Management 198

Project Management 201

Benchmarking 204

Priority Setting 207

Large Group Problem Solving 210

Process Improvement 214

Survey Feedback 217

Win/Win Negotiation 220

Customer Service Improvement 224

Team Launch 227

New Leader Integration 230

Conflict Mediation 233

Coaching 237

References 241

About the Author 245

How to Use the Accompanying CD-ROM 247

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Fachbereich: Management
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 272 S.
ISBN-13: 9780787977306
ISBN-10: 0787977306
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bens, Ingrid
Hersteller: Wiley
John Wiley & Sons
Maße: 280 x 216 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Ingrid Bens
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2005
Gewicht: 0,678 kg
Artikel-ID: 102304489
Über den Autor
Ingrid Bens is a Certified Professional Facilitator with over 25 years experience as a freelance consultant in both the private and the public sectors. She is the author of several best selling books on facilitation and the only validated certification test for facilitators.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction xi

1 - Advanced Strategies Overview 1

Your Personal Philosophy of Facilitation 3

The Three Levels of Competence 5

Where Are You Now?-Self-Assessment 7

The Power of Your Presence 13

Personal Projection Assessment 14

What is O.D.? 16

Working as a Consultant 17

Two Forms of Consulting 18

Expanding Your Power Base 19

Gaining the Authority to Facilitate 22

Losing the Facilitator Role 23

Maintaining and Regaining the Role 25

The Two Types of Interventions 27

Deepening Your Process Responses 28

Managing the Role of Leaders 31

When the Boss is in the Room 32

Enhancing Your Questioning Skills 34

Asking Complex, High Quality Questions 36

Advanced Facilitation in Action 38

Advanced Skills Observation Sheet 39

Debriefing Your Experience 40

The Five Rules of Facilitation 41

2 - The Complexities of Decision Making 45

Shifting Group Focus from "What" to "How" 47

Decision Dilemma #1 - Lack of Clarity About Whether the Group 48

Is Making Decisions

Decision Dilemma #2 - Lack of Clarity About Empowerment 53

Decision Dilemma #3 - Confusion About Which Decision-Making Method to Use 55

Decision Dilemma #4 - Use of Positional Processes 57

Decision Dilemma #5 - The Presence of Group Think 59

Decision Dilemma #6 - Lack of Techniques to Overcome Blocks to Agreement 61

Decision Dilemmas Summary Chart 63

More on Decision-Making Options 64

More on Compromise 64

Overcoming Problems with Compromise 65

More on Majority Voting 66

Overcoming Problems with Majority Voting 66

More on Multivoting 67

Overcoming Problems with Multivoting 68

More on Consensus Building 69

Comparing Consensus and Consensus Building 70

Overview of the Consensus-Building Process 71

Overcoming Problems with Consensus Building 72

Tools Overview 73

The Decision-Making Roadmap 74

Decision-Making Checklist 75

Decision Effectiveness Exit Survey Elements 76

Decision Effectiveness Survey 77

3 - Conflict Management Strategies 79

Operating Under Mistaken Assumptions 81

The Importance of Making Interventions 84

Knowing When to Intervene 85

Nine Ways to Intervene 86

The Art of Positive Confrontation 90

Monitor Your Self-Talk 92

When Nothing Works! 93

Conflict Senerios:

1. Role Confusion - What's a facilitator? 94

2. The Personal Attack - Who are you anyway? 96

3. Lack of Authority - You can't facilitate me! 98

4. Unclear Meeting Goal - What's this about? 100

5. Agenda Overload - We're going to discuss all that!?! 102

6. Mistaken Assumptions - Who told you that? 104

7. Hidden Agendas - Wish we were talking about the real issues. 106

8. Resistance and Lack of Buy-in - What's in it for me? 108

9. Resistance to Process - Don't fence us in! 110

10. Lack of Norms - We don't need rules! 112

11. Ignoring Group Norms - Oh those rules! 114

12. The Over-Participant - And furthermore 116

13. The Under-Participant - I have nothing to add! 118

14. The Positional Debate - I'm right; you're wrong! 120

15. The Joker - Aren't I Funny! 122

16. Side-Chatters - Psst, Psst, Psst 124

17. Side-Trackers - On another note 126

18. Blocking - I simply won't support this decision. 128

19. Unresolved Conflicts - This goes way back! 130

20. Cynicism - Why bother! 132

21. Sarcasm - This is typical of you! 134

22. Stuck - Are we still talking about that? 136

23. Conflict Erupts - Let me tell you how I really feel! 138

24. A Member Storms Out - I'm not listening to this! 140

25. Unwilling to Take Responsibility - I'm not doing it! 142

26. Losing Authority - Have I lost you? 144

27. Blocked Consensus - Why can't we agree? 146

28. Lack of Closure - Let's finish this later. 148

29. Lack of Feedback - Let's talk later! 150

30. Lack of Follow-Through - Nothing ever happens! 152

4 - Consulting Strategies for Facilitators 155

Step 1 - Assessment 158

Question Development 160

Sample Assessment Questions 161

Checklist for Conducting Effective Interviews 163

Identifying the Client 164

Data Analysis Worksheet 165

Step 2 - Design 166

Session Design Worksheet 168

Session Design Components 170

Session Design Template 172

Design Checklist 173

Step 3 - Contracting 174

Proposing a Process Design 176

Dealing with Resistance 178

Characteristics of a Strong Contract 179

Sample Letter of Agreement 180

Step 4 - Implementation 182

Starting a Facilitation 184

During a Facilitation 184

Ending a Facilitation 185

Planning for Action 186

Troubleshooting the Action Plans 187

Step 5 - Follow-up 188

Monitoring and Evaluating Results 190

Reporting on Progress 191

Meeting Evaluation Form 192

5 - Essential Processes for Facilitators 193

Strategic Planning 195

Change Management 198

Project Management 201

Benchmarking 204

Priority Setting 207

Large Group Problem Solving 210

Process Improvement 214

Survey Feedback 217

Win/Win Negotiation 220

Customer Service Improvement 224

Team Launch 227

New Leader Integration 230

Conflict Mediation 233

Coaching 237

References 241

About the Author 245

How to Use the Accompanying CD-ROM 247

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Fachbereich: Management
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 272 S.
ISBN-13: 9780787977306
ISBN-10: 0787977306
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bens, Ingrid
Hersteller: Wiley
John Wiley & Sons
Maße: 280 x 216 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Ingrid Bens
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2005
Gewicht: 0,678 kg
Artikel-ID: 102304489
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